Early Buddhism

Liable to Decline

Parihānadhammasutta

Language
Pāli
Period
Early Buddhist Texts
Tradition
Early Buddhism
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When a mendicant tolerates evil thoughts that arise from the senses, they are liable to decline. If they don’t tolerate them, they’re not liable to decline. When such thoughts not longer arise, they have mastered the senses.

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