{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an5.155/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an5.155","id":"suttacentral_an5.155","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an5.155/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, these five things lead to the decline and disappearance of the true teaching. What five? It\u2019s when the mendicants don\u2019t memorize the teaching\u2014 statements, mixed prose & verse, discussions, verses, inspired exclamations, legends, stories of past lives, amazing stories, and elaborations. This is the first thing that leads to the decline and disappearance of the true teaching. Furthermore, the mendicants don\u2019t explain the teaching in detail to others as they learned and memorized it. This is the second thing \u2026 Furthermore, the mendicants don\u2019t make others recite the teaching in detail as they learned and memorized it. This is the third thing \u2026 Furthermore, the mendicants don\u2019t rehearse the teaching in detail as they learned and memorized it. This is the fourth thing \u2026 Furthermore, the mendicants don\u2019t think about and consider the teaching in their hearts, examining it with their minds as they learned and memorized it. This is the fifth thing that leads to the decline and disappearance of the true teaching. These five things lead to the decline and disappearance of the true teaching. These five things lead to the continuation, persistence, and enduring of the true teaching. What five? It\u2019s when the mendicants memorize the teaching\u2014 statements, mixed prose & verse, discussions, verses, inspired exclamations, legends, stories of past lives, amazing stories, and elaborations. This is the first thing that leads to the continuation, persistence, and enduring of the true teaching. Furthermore, the mendicants explain the teaching in detail to others as they learned and memorized it. This is the second thing \u2026 Furthermore, the mendicants make others recite the teaching in detail as they learned and memorized it. This is the third thing \u2026 Furthermore, the mendicants rehearse the teaching in detail as they learned and memorized it. This is the fourth thing \u2026 Furthermore, the mendicants think about and consider the teaching in their hearts, examining it with their minds as they learned and memorized it. This is the fifth thing that leads to the continuation, persistence, and enduring of the true teaching. These five things lead to the continuation, persistence, and enduring of the true teaching.\u201d","title":"The Decline of the True Teaching (2nd)","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":354}