7.
The Discourse on Perception
27.
"I will teach you, monks, seven conditions preventing decline.
Listen to that, pay close attention, etc.
And what, monks, are the seven conditions preventing decline?
As long as, monks, the monks will develop the perception of impermanence;
only growth is to be expected for the monks, monks, not decline.
"As long as, monks, the monks will develop the perception of non-self, etc. will develop the perception of foulness... will develop the perception of danger... will develop the perception of abandoning... will develop the perception of dispassion... will develop the perception of cessation; only growth is to be expected for the monks, monks, not decline. "As long as, monks, these seven conditions preventing decline will remain among the monks, and as long as the monks will be seen practising these seven conditions preventing decline; only growth is to be expected for the monks, monks, not decline." The seventh.