{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an7.27/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an7.27","id":"suttacentral_an7.27","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an7.27/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 develop the perception of impermanence \u2026 not-self \u2026 ugliness \u2026 drawbacks \u2026 giving up \u2026 fading away \u2026 cessation, 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":"Perceptions","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":85}