PerceptionsSaññāsutta

“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 perception of impermanence …Yāvakīvañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhū aniccasaññaṁ bhāvessanti; vuddhiyeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhūnaṁ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihāni.

not-self …Yāvakīvañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhū anattasaññaṁ bhāvessanti …pe… ugliness …asubhasaññaṁ bhāvessanti … drawbacks …ādīnavasaññaṁ bhāvessanti … giving up …pahānasaññaṁ bhāvessanti … fading away …virāgasaññaṁ bhāvessanti … cessation,nirodhasaññaṁ bhāvessanti; they can expect growth, not decline. 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.”vuddhiyeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhūnaṁ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihāni. Yāvakīvañca, bhikkhave, ime satta aparihāniyā dhammā bhikkhūsu ṭhassanti, imesu ca sattasu aparihāniyesu dhammesu, bhikkhū sandississanti; vuddhiyeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhūnaṁ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihānī”ti.