{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an4.158/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an4.158","id":"suttacentral_an4.158","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an4.158/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"There S\u0101riputta addressed the mendicants: \u201cReverends, mendicants!\u201d \u201cReverend,\u201d they replied. S\u0101riputta said this: \u201cReverends, any monk or nun who sees four things inside themselves should conclude: \u2018My skillful qualities are declining. For this is what the Buddha calls decline.\u2019 What four? They have much greed, much hate, and much delusion; and their wisdom eye doesn\u2019t go into the many deep matters. Any monk or nun who sees these four things inside themselves should conclude: \u2018My skillful qualities are declining. For this is what the Buddha calls decline.\u2019 Any monk or nun who sees four things inside themselves should conclude: \u2018My skillful qualities are not declining. For this is what the Buddha calls non-decline.\u2019 What four? Their greed, hate, and delusion grow less; and their wisdom eye goes into the many deep matters. Any monk or nun who sees these four things inside themselves should conclude: \u2018My skillful qualities are not declining. For this is what the Buddha calls non-decline.\u2019\u201d","title":"Decline","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":159}