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Numbered Discourses 5.154 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.154

16. The True Teaching – 16. Saddhammavagga

AN 5.154 The Decline of the True Teaching (1st) – Paṭhamasaddhammasammosasutta

 

1.1

“Bhikkhū, these five things lead to the decline and disappearance of the true teaching.

“Pañcime, bhikkhave, dhammā saddhammassa sammosāya antaradhānāya saṁvattanti.

1.2

What five?

Katame pañca?

1.3

It’s when bhikkhū don’t carefully listen to the teachings, memorize them, and remember them. They don’t carefully examine the meaning of teachings that they remember. And they don’t carefully practice in line with the meaning and the teaching they’ve understood.

Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhū na sakkaccaṁ dhammaṁ suṇanti, na sakkaccaṁ dhammaṁ pariyāpuṇanti, na sakkaccaṁ dhammaṁ dhārenti, na sakkaccaṁ dhātānaṁ dhammānaṁ atthaṁ upaparikkhanti, na sakkaccaṁ atthamaññāya dhammamaññāya dhammānudhammaṁ paṭipajjanti.

1.4

These five things lead to the decline and disappearance of the true teaching.

Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca dhammā saddhammassa sammosāya antaradhānāya saṁvattanti.

2.1

These five things lead to the continuation, persistence, and enduring of the true teaching.

Pañcime, bhikkhave, dhammā saddhammassa ṭhitiyā asammosāya anantaradhānāya saṁvattanti.

2.2

What five?

Katame pañca?

2.3

It’s when bhikkhū carefully listen to the teachings, memorize them, and remember them. They carefully examine the meaning of teachings that they remember. And they carefully practice in line with the meaning and the teaching they’ve understood.

Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhū sakkaccaṁ dhammaṁ suṇanti, sakkaccaṁ dhammaṁ pariyāpuṇanti, sakkaccaṁ dhammaṁ dhārenti, sakkaccaṁ dhātānaṁ dhammānaṁ atthaṁ upaparikkhanti, sakkaccaṁ atthamaññāya dhammamaññāya dhammānudhammaṁ paṭipajjanti.

2.4

These five things lead to the continuation, persistence, and enduring of the true teaching.”

Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca dhammā saddhammassa ṭhitiyā asammosāya anantaradhānāya saṁvattantī”ti.

2.5

 

Catutthaṁ.