9.
The Discourse on Decline
79.
"There are these eight things, monks, that lead to the decline of a monk who is a learner.
What are the eight?
Taking pleasure in work, taking pleasure in talk, taking pleasure in sleep, taking pleasure in company, not guarding the doors of the sense faculties, immoderation in eating, taking pleasure in bonding, taking pleasure in obsession -
these, monks, are the eight things that lead to the decline of a monk who is a learner.
"There are these eight things, monks, that lead to the non-decline of a monk who is a learner. What are the eight? Not taking pleasure in work, not taking pleasure in talk, not taking pleasure in sleep, not taking pleasure in company, guarding the doors of the sense faculties, moderation in eating, taking pleasure in aloofness from society, taking pleasure in absence of obsession - these, monks, are the eight things that lead to the non-decline of a monk who is a learner." The ninth.