{"id":"an4.37","title":"Non-decline","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an4.37","title":"Non-decline","units":[{"id":"an4.37:0","sourceIds":["an4.37:0.1","an4.37:0.2","an4.37:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.37\n4. Cakkavagga\nAparihāniyasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 4.37\n4. Situations\nNon-decline"}},{"id":"an4.37:1","sourceIds":["an4.37:1.1","an4.37:1.2","an4.37:1.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Catūhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu abhabbo parihānāya nibbānasseva santike.\nKatamehi catūhi?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sīlasampanno hoti, indriyesu guttadvāro hoti, bhojane mattaññū hoti, jāgariyaṁ anuyutto hoti.","en":"“Mendicants, a mendicant who possesses four qualities can’t decline, and has drawn near to extinguishment.\nWhat four?\nA mendicant is accomplished in ethics, guards the sense doors, eats in moderation, and is dedicated to wakefulness."}},{"id":"an4.37:2","sourceIds":["an4.37:2.1","an4.37:2.2","an4.37:2.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sīlasampanno hoti?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sīlavā hoti pātimokkhasaṁvarasaṁvuto viharati ācāragocarasampanno aṇumattesu vajjesu bhayadassāvī, samādāya sikkhati sikkhāpadesu.\nEvaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sīlasampanno hoti.","en":"And how is a mendicant accomplished in ethics?\nIt’s when a mendicant is ethical, restrained in the monastic code, conducting themselves well and resorting for alms in suitable places. Seeing danger in the slightest fault, they keep the rules they’ve undertaken.\nThat’s how a mendicant is accomplished in ethics."}},{"id":"an4.37:3","sourceIds":["an4.37:3.1","an4.37:3.2","an4.37:3.3","an4.37:3.4","an4.37:3.5","an4.37:3.6","an4.37:3.7","an4.37:3.8","an4.37:3.9","an4.37:3.10"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu indriyesu guttadvāro hoti?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu cakkhunā rūpaṁ disvā na nimittaggāhī hoti nānubyañjanaggāhī.\nYatvādhikaraṇamenaṁ cakkhundriyaṁ asaṁvutaṁ viharantaṁ abhijjhādomanassā pāpakā akusalā dhammā anvāssaveyyuṁ, tassa saṁvarāya paṭipajjati; rakkhati cakkhundriyaṁ; cakkhundriye saṁvaraṁ āpajjati.\nSotena saddaṁ sutvā …\nghānena gandhaṁ ghāyitvā …\njivhāya rasaṁ sāyitvā …\nkāyena phoṭṭhabbaṁ phusitvā …\nmanasā dhammaṁ viññāya na nimittaggāhī hoti nānubyañjanaggāhī.\nYatvādhikaraṇamenaṁ manindriyaṁ asaṁvutaṁ viharantaṁ abhijjhādomanassā pāpakā akusalā dhammā anvāssaveyyuṁ, tassa saṁvarāya paṭipajjati; rakkhati manindriyaṁ; manindriye saṁvaraṁ āpajjati.\nEvaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu indriyesu guttadvāro hoti.","en":"And how does a mendicant guard the sense doors?\nWhen a mendicant sees a sight with their eyes, they don’t get caught up in the features and details.\nIf the faculty of sight were left unrestrained, bad unskillful qualities of covetousness and displeasure would become overwhelming. For this reason, they practice restraint, protecting the faculty of sight, and achieving its restraint.\nHearing a sound with their ears …\nSmelling an odor with their nose …\nTasting a flavor with their tongue …\nEncountering a touch with their body …\nKnowing an idea with their mind, they don’t get caught up in the features and details.\nIf the faculty of mind were left unrestrained, bad unskillful qualities of covetousness and displeasure would become overwhelming. For this reason, they practice restraint, protecting the faculty of mind, and achieving its restraint.\nThat’s how a mendicant guards the sense doors."}},{"id":"an4.37:4","sourceIds":["an4.37:4.1","an4.37:4.2","an4.37:4.3","an4.37:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu bhojane mattaññū hoti?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu paṭisaṅkhā yoniso āhāraṁ āhāreti:\n‘neva davāya na madāya na maṇḍanāya na vibhūsanāya; yāvadeva imassa kāyassa ṭhitiyā yāpanāya vihiṁsūparatiyā brahmacariyānuggahāya. Iti purāṇañca vedanaṁ paṭihaṅkhāmi, navañca vedanaṁ na uppādessāmi, yātrā ca me bhavissati, anavajjatā ca phāsuvihāro cā’ti.\nEvaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu bhojane mattaññū hoti.","en":"And how does a mendicant eat in moderation?\nIt’s when a mendicant reflects rationally on the food that they eat:\n‘Not for fun, indulgence, adornment, or decoration, but only to sustain this body, to avoid harm, and to support spiritual practice. In this way, I shall put an end to old discomfort and not give rise to new discomfort, and I will have the means to keep going, blamelessness, and a comfortable abiding.’\nThat’s how a mendicant eats in moderation."}},{"id":"an4.37:5","sourceIds":["an4.37:5.1","an4.37:5.2","an4.37:5.3","an4.37:5.4","an4.37:5.5","an4.37:5.6","an4.37:5.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu jāgariyaṁ anuyutto hoti?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu divasaṁ caṅkamena nisajjāya āvaraṇīyehi dhammehi cittaṁ parisodheti;\nrattiyā paṭhamaṁ yāmaṁ caṅkamena nisajjāya āvaraṇīyehi dhammehi cittaṁ parisodheti;\nrattiyā majjhimaṁ yāmaṁ dakkhiṇena passena sīhaseyyaṁ kappeti, pāde pādaṁ accādhāya, sato sampajāno uṭṭhānasaññaṁ manasi karitvā;\nrattiyā pacchimaṁ yāmaṁ paccuṭṭhāya caṅkamena nisajjāya āvaraṇīyehi dhammehi cittaṁ parisodheti.\nEvaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu jāgariyaṁ anuyutto hoti.\nImehi kho, bhikkhave, catūhi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu abhabbo parihānāya, nibbānasseva santiketi.","en":"And how is a mendicant dedicated to wakefulness?\nIt’s when a mendicant practices walking and sitting meditation by day, purifying their mind from obstacles.\nIn the first watch of the night, they continue to practice walking and sitting meditation.\nIn the middle watch, they lie down in the lion’s posture—on the right side, placing one foot on top of the other—mindful and aware, and focused on the time of getting up.\nIn the last watch, they get up and continue to practice walking and sitting meditation, purifying their mind from obstacles.\nThis is how a mendicant is dedicated to wakefulness.\nA mendicant who possesses these four qualities can’t decline, and has drawn near to extinguishment."}},{"id":"an4.37:6","sourceIds":["an4.37:6.1","an4.37:6.2","an4.37:6.3","an4.37:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sīle patiṭṭhito bhikkhu,\nindriyesu ca saṁvuto;\nBhojanamhi ca mattaññū,\njāgariyaṁ anuyuñjati.","en":"Established in ethics,\nrestrained in the sense faculties,\neating in moderation,\nand dedicated to wakefulness;"}},{"id":"an4.37:7","sourceIds":["an4.37:7.1","an4.37:7.2","an4.37:7.3","an4.37:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ vihārī ātāpī,\nahorattamatandito;\nBhāvayaṁ kusalaṁ dhammaṁ,\nyogakkhemassa pattiyā.","en":"a mendicant lives like this, with keen energy,\ntireless all night and day,\ndeveloping skillful qualities,\nfor the sake of sanctuary from the yoke."}},{"id":"an4.37:8","sourceIds":["an4.37:8.1","an4.37:8.2","an4.37:8.3","an4.37:8.4","an4.37:8.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Appamādarato bhikkhu,\npamāde bhayadassi vā;\nAbhabbo parihānāya,\nnibbānasseva santike”ti.\nSattamaṁ.","en":"A mendicant who loves diligence,\nseeing fear in negligence,\ncan’t decline,\nand has drawn near to extinguishment.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an4.37/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}