1"Bhikkhus, I will teach you seven principles of non-decline. Listen and attend closely. I will speak."

"Yes, Bhante," those bhikkhus replied. The Blessed One said this:

"And what, bhikkhus, are the seven principles of non-decline?

(1) As long as the bhikkhus develop the perception of impermanence, only growth is to be expected for them, not decline.

2(2) As long as they develop the perception of non-self … (3) … the perception of unattractiveness … (4) … the perception of danger … (5) … the perception of abandoning … (6) … the perception of dispassion … (7) … the perception of cessation, only growth is to be expected for them, not decline. [n.1480] All these perceptions are explained at AN10.60, with three additions.

3"Bhikkhus, as long as these seven principles of non-decline continue among the bhikkhus, and the bhikkhus are seen established in them, only growth is to be expected for them, not decline."

1"Satta vo, bhikkhave, aparihāniye dhamme desessāmi. Taṁ suṇātha, sādhukaṁ manasi karotha … pe ….

Katame ca, bhikkhave, satta aparihāniyā dhammā?

Yāvakīvañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhū aniccasaññaṁ bhāvessanti; vuddhiyeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhūnaṁ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihāni.

2Yāvakīvañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhū anattasaññaṁ bhāvessanti … pe … asubhasaññaṁ bhāvessanti … ādīnavasaññaṁ bhāvessanti … pahānasaññaṁ bhāvessanti … virāgasaññaṁ bhāvessanti … nirodhasaññaṁ bhāvessanti; vuddhiyeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhūnaṁ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihāni.

3Yāvakīvañca, bhikkhave, ime satta aparihāniyā dhammā bhikkhūsu ṭhassanti, imesu ca sattasu aparihāniyesu dhammesu, bhikkhū sandississanti; vuddhiyeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhūnaṁ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihānī"ti.

Sattamaṁ.