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Numbered Discourses 7.26 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 7.26
3. The Vajji Seven – 3. Vajjisattakavagga
AN 7.26 Awakening Factors – Bojjhaṅgasutta
1.1
“Bhikkhū, I will teach you seven dhamma that prevent decline.
“Satta vo, bhikkhave, aparihāniye dhamme desessāmi.
1.2
Listen and pay close attention …
Taṁ suṇātha, sādhukaṁ manasi karotha …pe…
1.3
And what are the seven dhamma that prevent decline?
katame ca, bhikkhave, satta aparihāniyā dhammā?
1.4
As long as the bhikkhū develop the awakening factor of mindfulness …
Yāvakīvañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhū satisambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāvessanti; vuddhiyeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhūnaṁ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihāni.
2.1
investigation of dhamma …
Yāvakīvañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhū dhammavicayasambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāvessanti …pe…
2.2
energy …
vīriyasambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāvessanti …
2.3
rapture …
pītisambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāvessanti …
2.4
tranquility …
passaddhisambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāvessanti …
2.5
samādhi …
samādhisambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāvessanti …
2.6
equanimity, they can expect growth, not decline.
upekkhāsambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāvessanti; vuddhiyeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhūnaṁ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihāni.
3.1
As long as these seven dhamma that prevent decline last among the bhikkhū, and as long as the bhikkhū are seen following them, they can expect growth, not decline.”
Yāvakīvañca, bhikkhave, ime satta aparihāniyā dhammā bhikkhūsu ṭhassanti, imesu ca sattasu aparihāniyesu dhammesu bhikkhū sandississanti; vuddhiyeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhūnaṁ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihānī”ti.
3.2
Chaṭṭhaṁ.