1.1PTS 2.144Tatra kho āyasmā sāriputto bhikkhū āmantesi:There Sāriputta addressed the mendicants:1.2“āvuso bhikkhave”ti.“Reverends, mendicants!”

1.3“Āvuso”ti kho te bhikkhū āyasmato sāriputtassa paccassosuṁ.“Reverend,” they replied.1.4Āyasmā sāriputto etadavoca:Sāriputta said this:

2.1“Yo hi koci, āvuso, bhikkhu vā bhikkhunī vā cattāro dhamme attani samanupassati, niṭṭhamettha gantabbaṁ:“Reverends, any monk or nun who sees four things inside themselves should conclude:2.2‘parihāyāmi kusalehi dhammehi’.‘My skillful qualities are declining.2.3Parihānametaṁ vuttaṁ bhagavatā.For this is what the Buddha calls decline.’2.4Katame cattāro?What four?2.5Rāgavepullattaṁ, dosavepullattaṁ, mohavepullattaṁ, gambhīresu kho panassa ṭhānāṭhānesu paññācakkhu na kamati.They have much greed, much hate, and much delusion; and their wisdom eye doesn’t go into the many deep matters.2.6Yo hi koci, āvuso, bhikkhu vā bhikkhunī vā ime cattāro dhamme attani samanupassati, niṭṭhamettha gantabbaṁ:Any monk or nun who sees these four things inside themselves should conclude:2.7‘parihāyāmi kusalehi dhammehi’.‘My skillful qualities are declining.2.8Parihānametaṁ vuttaṁ bhagavatā.For this is what the Buddha calls decline.’

3.1Yo hi koci, āvuso, bhikkhu vā bhikkhunī vā cattāro dhamme attani samanupassati, niṭṭhamettha gantabbaṁ:Any monk or nun who sees four things inside themselves should conclude:3.2‘na parihāyāmi kusalehi dhammehi’.‘My skillful qualities are not declining.3.3Aparihānametaṁ vuttaṁ bhagavatā.For this is what the Buddha calls non-decline.’3.4Katame cattāro?What four?3.5Rāgatanuttaṁ, dosatanuttaṁ, mohatanuttaṁ, gambhīresu kho panassa ṭhānāṭhānesu paññācakkhu kamati.Their greed, hate, and delusion grow less; and their wisdom eye goes into the many deep matters.3.6Yo hi koci, āvuso, bhikkhu vā bhikkhunī vā ime cattāro dhamme attani samanupassati, niṭṭhamettha gantabbaṁ:Any monk or nun who sees these four things inside themselves should conclude:3.7‘na parihāyāmi kusalehi dhammehi’.‘My skillful qualities are not declining.3.8Aparihānametaṁ vuttaṁ bhagavatā”ti.For this is what the Buddha calls non-decline.’”

3.9Aṭṭhamaṁ.