{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an7.28/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an7.28","id":"suttacentral_an7.28","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an7.28/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near S\u0101vatth\u012b in Jeta\u2019s Grove, An\u0101thapi\u1e47\u1e0dika\u2019s monastery. There the Buddha addressed the mendicants: \u201cThese seven things lead to the decline of a mendicant trainee. What seven? They relish work, talk, sleep, and company. They don\u2019t guard the sense doors and they eat too much. And when there is Sa\u1e45gha business to be carried out, they don\u2019t reflect: \u2018There are senior mendicants in the Sa\u1e45gha of long standing, long gone forth, responsible. They\u2019ll be known for taking care of this.\u2019 So they get involved in that. These seven things lead to the decline of a mendicant trainee. These seven things don\u2019t lead to the decline of a mendicant trainee. What seven? They don\u2019t relish work, talk, sleep, and company. They guard the sense doors and don\u2019t eat too much. And when there is Sa\u1e45gha business to be carried out, they reflect: \u2018There are senior mendicants in the Sa\u1e45gha of long standing, long gone forth, responsible. They\u2019ll be known for taking care of this.\u2019 So they don\u2019t get involved in that. These seven things don\u2019t lead to the decline of a mendicant trainee.\u201d","title":"Non-decline for a Mendicant Trainee","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":192}