{"collection":"Khuddaka Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_iti79/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_iti79","id":"suttacentral_iti79","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/iti79/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Khuddaka Nikaya"],"text":"This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard. \u201cThese three things lead to the decline of a mendicant trainee. What three? It\u2019s when a mendicant relishes work, talk, and sleep. These three things lead to the decline of a mendicant trainee. These three things don\u2019t lead to the decline of a mendicant trainee. What three? It\u2019s when a mendicant doesn\u2019t relish work, talk, and sleep. These three things don\u2019t lead to the decline of a mendicant trainee.\u201d The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said: \u201cRestless, they relish work, talk, and sleep. Such a mendicant is incapable of experiencing the highest awakening. That\u2019s why one ought have few duties, being wakeful not restless. Such a mendicant is capable of experiencing the highest awakening.\u201d This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.","title":"Decline","tradition":"Khuddaka Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":148}