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SN 46.25PTS SN 5.851 min read

Non-decline

Aparihāniyasutta

The awakening factors lead to non-decline.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 46.25Linked Discourses 46.25
  • 0.23. Udāyivagga3. With Udāyī

0.3AparihāniyasuttaNon-decline

1.1PTS 5.86“Satta vo, bhikkhave, aparihāniye dhamme desessāmi;“Mendicants, I will teach you seven principles that prevent decline.11.2taṁ suṇātha.Listen …

1.3Katame ca, bhikkhave, satta aparihāniyā dhammā?And what are the seven principles that prevent decline?1.4Yadidaṁ—1.5satta bojjhaṅgā.They are the seven awakening factors.1.6Katame satta?What seven?1.7Satisambojjhaṅgo …pe… upekkhāsambojjhaṅgo—The awakening factors of mindfulness, investigation of principles, energy, rapture, tranquility, immersion, and equanimity.1.8ime kho, bhikkhave, satta aparihāniyā dhammā”ti.These are the seven principles that prevent decline.”

1.9Pañcamaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. Included along with several other “principles that prevent decline” at DN 16:1.8.11 and AN 7.26.

    ↩ sn46.25:1.1