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Numbered Discourses · AN 7.26

  • Numbered Discourses 7.26Aṅguttara Nikāya 7.26
  • 3. The Vajji Seven3. Vajjisattakavagga

Awakening FactorsBojjhaṅgasutta

“Mendicants, I will teach you seven principles that prevent decline.“Satta vo, bhikkhave, aparihāniye dhamme desessāmi. Listen and apply your mind well …Taṁ suṇātha, sādhukaṁ manasi karotha …pe… And what are the seven principles that prevent decline?katame ca, bhikkhave, satta aparihāniyā dhammā? As long as the mendicants develop the awakening factor of mindfulness …Yāvakīvañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhū satisambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāvessanti; vuddhiyeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhūnaṁ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihāni. investigation of principles …Yāvakīvañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhū dhammavicayasambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāvessanti …pe… energy …vīriyasambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāvessanti … rapture …pītisambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāvessanti … tranquility …passaddhisambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāvessanti … immersion …samādhisambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāvessanti … equanimity, they can expect growth, not decline.upekkhāsambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāvessanti; vuddhiyeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhūnaṁ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihāni.

As long as these seven principles that prevent decline last among the mendicants, and as long as the mendicants 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.

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