{"id":"sn35.96","title":"Liable to Decline","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn35.96","title":"Liable to Decline","units":[{"id":"sn35.96:0","sourceIds":["sn35.96:0.1","sn35.96:0.2","sn35.96:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.96\n10. Saḷavagga\nParihānadhammasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 35.96\n10. The Sixes\nLiable to Decline"}},{"id":"sn35.96:1","sourceIds":["sn35.96:1.1","sn35.96:1.2","sn35.96:1.3","sn35.96:1.4","sn35.96:1.5","sn35.96:1.6","sn35.96:1.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Parihānadhammañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi aparihānadhammañca cha ca abhibhāyatanāni.\nTaṁ suṇātha.\nKathañca, bhikkhave, parihānadhammo hoti?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno cakkhunā rūpaṁ disvā uppajjanti pāpakā akusalā sarasaṅkappā saṁyojaniyā.\nTañce bhikkhu adhivāseti nappajahati na vinodeti na byantīkaroti na anabhāvaṁ gameti, veditabbametaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhunā:\n‘parihāyāmi kusalehi dhammehi’.\nParihānañhetaṁ vuttaṁ bhagavatāti …pe….","en":"“Mendicants, I will teach you who is liable to decline, who is not liable to decline, and the six fields of mastery.\nListen …\nAnd how is someone liable to decline?\nWhen a mendicant sees a sight with their eyes, bad, unskillful phenomena arise: memories and thoughts that tighten the fetters.\nSuppose that mendicant tolerates them and doesn’t give them up, dispel them, eliminate them, and obliterate them. They should understand:\n‘My skillful qualities are declining.\nFor this is what the Buddha calls decline.’"}},{"id":"sn35.96:2","sourceIds":["sn35.96:2.1","sn35.96:2.2","sn35.96:2.3","sn35.96:2.4","sn35.96:2.5","sn35.96:2.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno jivhāya rasaṁ sāyitvā uppajjanti …pe…\npuna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno manasā dhammaṁ viññāya uppajjanti pāpakā akusalā sarasaṅkappā saṁyojaniyā.\nTañce bhikkhu adhivāseti nappajahati na vinodeti na byantīkaroti na anabhāvaṁ gameti, veditabbametaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhunā:\n‘parihāyāmi kusalehi dhammehi’.\nParihānañhetaṁ vuttaṁ bhagavatāti.\nEvaṁ kho, bhikkhave, parihānadhammo hoti.","en":"Furthermore, when a mendicant hears a sound … smells an odor … tastes a flavor … encounters a touch …\nknows an idea with their mind, bad, unskillful phenomena arise: memories and thoughts that tighten the fetters.\nIf that mendicant tolerates them and doesn’t give them up, dispel them, eliminate them, and obliterate them, they should understand:\n‘My skillful qualities are declining.\nFor this is what the Buddha calls decline.’\nThat’s how someone is liable to decline."}},{"id":"sn35.96:3","sourceIds":["sn35.96:3.1","sn35.96:3.2","sn35.96:3.3","sn35.96:3.4","sn35.96:3.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kathañca, bhikkhave, aparihānadhammo hoti?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno cakkhunā rūpaṁ disvā uppajjanti pāpakā akusalā sarasaṅkappā saṁyojaniyā.\nTañce bhikkhu nādhivāseti pajahati vinodeti byantīkaroti anabhāvaṁ gameti, veditabbametaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhunā:\n‘na parihāyāmi kusalehi dhammehi’.\nAparihānañhetaṁ vuttaṁ bhagavatāti …pe….","en":"And how is someone not liable to decline?\nWhen a mendicant sees a sight with their eyes, bad, unskillful phenomena arise: memories and thoughts that tighten the fetters.\nSuppose that mendicant doesn’t tolerate them but gives them up, dispels them, eliminates them, and obliterates them. They should understand:\n‘My skillful qualities are not declining.\nFor this is what the Buddha calls non-decline.’"}},{"id":"sn35.96:4","sourceIds":["sn35.96:4.1","sn35.96:4.2","sn35.96:4.3","sn35.96:4.4","sn35.96:4.5","sn35.96:4.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno jivhāya rasaṁ sāyitvā uppajjanti …pe…\npuna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno manasā dhammaṁ viññāya uppajjanti pāpakā akusalā sarasaṅkappā saṁyojaniyā.\nTañce bhikkhu nādhivāseti pajahati vinodeti byantīkaroti anabhāvaṁ gameti, veditabbametaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhunā:\n‘na parihāyāmi kusalehi dhammehi’.\nAparihānañhetaṁ vuttaṁ bhagavatāti.\nEvaṁ kho, bhikkhave, aparihānadhammo hoti.","en":"Furthermore, when a mendicant hears a sound … smells an odor … tastes a flavor … encounters a touch …\nknows an idea with their mind, bad, unskillful phenomena arise: memories and thoughts that tighten the fetters.\nSuppose that mendicant doesn’t tolerate them but gives them up, dispels them, eliminates them, and obliterates them. They should understand:\n‘My skillful qualities are not declining.\nFor this is what the Buddha calls non-decline.’\nThat’s how someone is not liable to decline."}},{"id":"sn35.96:5","sourceIds":["sn35.96:5.1","sn35.96:5.2","sn35.96:5.3","sn35.96:5.4","sn35.96:5.5","sn35.96:5.6","sn35.96:5.7","sn35.96:5.8","sn35.96:5.9","sn35.96:5.10","sn35.96:5.11"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamāni ca, bhikkhave, cha abhibhāyatanāni?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno cakkhunā rūpaṁ disvā nuppajjanti pāpakā akusalā sarasaṅkappā saṁyojaniyā.\nVeditabbametaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhunā:\n‘abhibhūtametaṁ āyatanaṁ’.\nAbhibhāyatanañhetaṁ vuttaṁ bhagavatāti …pe…\npuna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno manasā dhammaṁ viññāya nuppajjanti pāpakā akusalā dhammā sarasaṅkappā saṁyojaniyā.\nVeditabbametaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhunā:\n‘abhibhūtametaṁ āyatanaṁ’.\nAbhibhāyatanañhetaṁ vuttaṁ bhagavatāti.\nImāni vuccanti, bhikkhave, cha abhibhāyatanānī”ti.\nTatiyaṁ.","en":"And what are the six fields of mastery?\nWhen a mendicant sees a sight with their eyes, bad, unskillful phenomena don’t arise: memories and thoughts that tighten the fetters.\nThey should understand:\n‘This sense field has been mastered.\nFor this is what the Buddha calls a field of mastery.’ …\nFurthermore, when a mendicant knows an idea with their mind, bad, unskillful phenomena don’t arise: memories and thoughts that tighten the fetters.\nThey should understand:\n‘This sense field has been mastered.\nFor this is what the Buddha calls a field of mastery.’\nThese are the six fields of mastery.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn35.96/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."}