{"id":"an7.29","title":"Non-decline for a Lay Follower","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an7.29","title":"Non-decline for a Lay Follower","units":[{"id":"an7.29:0","sourceIds":["an7.29:0.1","an7.29:0.2","an7.29:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 7.29\n3. Vajjisattakavagga\nDutiyaparihānisutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 7.29\n3. The Vajji Seven\nNon-decline for a Lay Follower"}},{"id":"an7.29:1","sourceIds":["an7.29:1.1","an7.29:1.2","an7.29:1.3","an7.29:1.4","an7.29:1.5","an7.29:1.6","an7.29:1.7","an7.29:1.8","an7.29:1.9","an7.29:1.10"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sattime, bhikkhave, dhammā upāsakassa parihānāya saṁvattanti.\nKatame satta?\nBhikkhudassanaṁ hāpeti,\nsaddhammassavanaṁ pamajjati,\nadhisīle na sikkhati,\nappasādabahulo hoti,\nbhikkhūsu theresu ceva navesu ca majjhimesu ca upārambhacitto dhammaṁ suṇāti randhagavesī,\nito bahiddhā dakkhiṇeyyaṁ gavesati,\ntattha ca pubbakāraṁ karoti.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, satta dhammā upāsakassa parihānāya saṁvattanti.","en":"“These seven things lead to the decline of a lay follower.\nWhat seven?\nThey miss out on seeing the mendicants.\nThey neglect listening to the true teaching.\nThey don’t train in higher ethical conduct.\nThey’re very suspicious about mendicants, whether senior, junior, or middle.\nThey listen to the teaching with a hostile, fault-finding mind.\nThey seek outside of the Buddhist community for those worthy of religious donations.\nAnd they serve them first.\nThese seven things lead to the decline of a lay follower."}},{"id":"an7.29:2","sourceIds":["an7.29:2.1","an7.29:2.2","an7.29:2.3","an7.29:2.4","an7.29:2.5","an7.29:2.6","an7.29:2.7","an7.29:2.8","an7.29:2.9","an7.29:2.10","an7.29:2.11","an7.29:2.12"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sattime, bhikkhave, dhammā upāsakassa aparihānāya saṁvattanti.\nKatame satta?\nBhikkhudassanaṁ na hāpeti,\nsaddhammassavanaṁ nappamajjati,\nadhisīle sikkhati,\npasādabahulo hoti,\nbhikkhūsu theresu ceva navesu ca majjhimesu ca anupārambhacitto dhammaṁ suṇāti na randhagavesī,\nna ito bahiddhā dakkhiṇeyyaṁ gavesati,\nidha ca pubbakāraṁ karoti.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, satta dhammā upāsakassa aparihānāya saṁvattantī”ti.\nIdamavoca bhagavā.\nIdaṁ vatvāna sugato athāparaṁ etadavoca satthā:","en":"These seven things don’t lead to the decline of a lay follower.\nWhat seven?\nThey don’t miss out on seeing the mendicants.\nThey don’t neglect listening to the true teaching.\nThey train in higher ethical conduct.\nThey’re very confident about mendicants, whether senior, junior, or middle.\nThey don’t listen to the teaching with a hostile, fault-finding mind.\nThey don’t seek outside of the Buddhist community for those worthy of religious donations.\nAnd they serve the Buddhist community first.\nThese seven things don’t lead to the decline of a lay follower.”\nThat is what the Buddha said.\nThen the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say:"}},{"id":"an7.29:3","sourceIds":["an7.29:3.1","an7.29:3.2","an7.29:3.3","an7.29:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Dassanaṁ bhāvitattānaṁ,\nYo hāpeti upāsako;\nSavanañca ariyadhammānaṁ,\nAdhisīle na sikkhati.","en":"“A lay follower misses out on seeing\nthose who are evolved\nand listening to the teachings of the Noble One.\nThey don’t train in higher ethical conduct,"}},{"id":"an7.29:4","sourceIds":["an7.29:4.1","an7.29:4.2","an7.29:4.3","an7.29:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Appasādo ca bhikkhūsu,\nbhiyyo bhiyyo pavaḍḍhati;\nUpārambhakacitto ca,\nsaddhammaṁ sotumicchati.","en":"and their suspicion about mendicants\njust grows and grows.\nThey want to listen to the true teaching\nwith a fault-finding mind."}},{"id":"an7.29:5","sourceIds":["an7.29:5.1","an7.29:5.2","an7.29:5.3","an7.29:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ito ca bahiddhā aññaṁ,\ndakkhiṇeyyaṁ gavesati;\nTattheva ca pubbakāraṁ,\nyo karoti upāsako.","en":"They seek outside the Buddhist community\nfor someone else worthy of religious donations,\nand that lay follower\nserves them first."}},{"id":"an7.29:6","sourceIds":["an7.29:6.1","an7.29:6.2","an7.29:6.3","an7.29:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ete kho parihāniye,\nsatta dhamme sudesite;\nUpāsako sevamāno,\nsaddhammā parihāyati.","en":"These seven principles leading to decline\nhave been well taught.\nA lay follower who practices them\nfalls away from the true teaching."}},{"id":"an7.29:7","sourceIds":["an7.29:7.1","an7.29:7.2","an7.29:7.3","an7.29:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dassanaṁ bhāvitattānaṁ,\nYo na hāpeti upāsako;\nSavanañca ariyadhammānaṁ,\nAdhisīle ca sikkhati.","en":"A lay follower doesn’t miss out on seeing\nthose who are evolved\nand listening to the teachings of the Noble One.\nThey train in higher ethical conduct,"}},{"id":"an7.29:8","sourceIds":["an7.29:8.1","an7.29:8.2","an7.29:8.3","an7.29:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pasādo cassa bhikkhūsu,\nbhiyyo bhiyyo pavaḍḍhati;\nAnupārambhacitto ca,\nsaddhammaṁ sotumicchati.","en":"and their confidence in mendicants\njust grows and grows.\nThey want to listen to the true teaching\nwithout a fault-finding mind."}},{"id":"an7.29:9","sourceIds":["an7.29:9.1","an7.29:9.2","an7.29:9.3","an7.29:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na ito bahiddhā aññaṁ,\ndakkhiṇeyyaṁ gavesati;\nIdheva ca pubbakāraṁ,\nyo karoti upāsako.","en":"They don’t seek outside the Buddhist community\nfor someone else worthy of religious donations,\nand that lay follower\nserves the Buddhist community first."}},{"id":"an7.29:10","sourceIds":["an7.29:10.1","an7.29:10.2","an7.29:10.3","an7.29:10.4","an7.29:10.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ete kho aparihāniye,\nSatta dhamme sudesite;\nUpāsako sevamāno,\nSaddhammā na parihāyatī”ti.\nNavamaṁ.","en":"These seven principles that prevent decline\nhave been well taught.\nA lay follower who practices them\ndoesn’t fall away from the true teaching.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an7.29/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."}