Undeclining¹

THUS have I heard:

Then the Exalted One addressed the monks,
saying:

"Monks."

"Yes, lord," replied those monks to the Exalted One.

The Exalted One said:

"I will teach you, monks, seven conditions
that lead to non-decline.^ed1

Do ye listen to it.

And what, monks, are those seven conditions that lead to non-decline?

They are the seven limbs of wisdom.

Which seven?

The limb of wisdom that is mindfulness,
the limb of wisdom that is investigation of the Norm,
the limb of wisdom that is energy,
the limb of wisdom that is tranquillity,
the limb of wisdom that is concentration,
the limb of wisdom that is equanimity.

These, monks, are the seven conditions
that lead to non-decline.

¹ Aparihāni; cf. K.S. ii, 139.

^ed1 Woodward reads the 'aparihāni' (his 'undeclining') of the title for the body of the text's 'aparihāniya' that is, here, 'that lead to non-decline' to which I have changed it. Left as it was it would have contradicted the previous sutta.

Saṁyutta Nikāya, V: Mahā-Vagga 46. Bojjhanga Saṁyutta III. Udāyi-Vaggo

V: The Great Chapter 46: Kindred Sayings on the Limbs of Wisdom III. Udāyi

Sutta 25

Aparihāni Suttaṁ

Undeclining1

Saṁyutta Nikāya,
V: Mahā-Vagga
46. Bojjhanga Saṁyutta
III. Udāyi-Vaggo

V: The Great Chapter
46: Kindred Sayings on the Limbs of Wisdom
III. Udāyi

Undeclining¹