{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an7.24/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an7.24","id":"suttacentral_an7.24","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an7.24/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, I will teach you seven principles that prevent decline. Listen and apply your mind well \u2026 And what are the seven principles that prevent decline? As long as the mendicants don\u2019t relish work, loving it and liking to relish it, they can expect growth, not decline. As long as they don\u2019t enjoy talk \u2026 sleep \u2026 company \u2026 they don\u2019t have corrupt wishes, falling under the sway of corrupt wishes \u2026 they don\u2019t have bad friends, companions, and associates \u2026 they don\u2019t stop half-way after achieving some trifling distinction, they can expect growth, not decline. As long as these seven principles that prevent decline last among the mendicants, and as long as the mendicants are seen following them, they can expect growth, not decline.\u201d","title":"Non-Decline for Mendicants (2nd)","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":125}