{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an7.33/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an7.33","id":"suttacentral_an7.33","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an7.33/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, tonight, a glorious deity, lighting up the entire Jeta\u2019s Grove, came to me, bowed, stood to one side, and said to me: \u2018Sir, these seven things don\u2019t lead to the decline of a mendicant. What seven? Respect for the Teacher, for the teaching, for the Sa\u1e45gha, for the training, for immersion, for conscience, and for prudence. These seven things don\u2019t lead to the decline of a mendicant.\u2019 That is what that deity said. Then he bowed and respectfully circled me, keeping me on his right side, before vanishing right there. One respectful of the Teacher and the teaching, keenly respecting the Sa\u1e45gha; respecting immersion, being energetic, and keenly respecting the training; endowed with conscience and prudence, reverential and respectful\u2014 it is impossible for them to decline; they have drawn near to extinguishment.\u201d","title":"Respect for Conscience","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":133}