5.
The Second Discourse on the Decline of the Good Teaching
155.
"Monks, these five things lead to the decay and disappearance of the Good Teaching.
Which five?
Here, monks, monks do not learn the Teaching thoroughly -
discourse, mixed prose and verse, explanation, verse, inspired utterance, thus-it-is-said, birth story, wonderful phenomena, catechism.
This, monks, is the first thing that leads to the decay and disappearance of the Good Teaching.
"Furthermore, monks, monks do not expound the Teaching in detail to others as they have heard it, as they have learned it. This, monks, is the second thing that leads to the decay and disappearance of the Good Teaching.
"Furthermore, monks, monks do not expound the Teaching in detail to another as they have heard it, as they have learned it. This, monks, is the third thing that leads to the decay and disappearance of the Good Teaching.
"Furthermore, monks, monks do not recite the Teaching in detail as they have heard it, as they have learned it. This, monks, is the fourth thing that leads to the decay and disappearance of the Good Teaching.
"Furthermore, monks, monks do not reflect upon, examine, and mentally contemplate the Teaching as they have heard it, as they have learned it. This, monks, is the fifth thing that leads to the decay and disappearance of the Good Teaching. These, monks, are the five things that lead to the decay and disappearance of the Good Teaching.
"Monks, these five things lead to the presence, non-decay, and non-disappearance of the Good Teaching. Which five? Here, monks, monks learn the Teaching thoroughly - discourse, mixed prose and verse, explanation, verse, inspired utterance, thus-it-is-said, birth story, wonderful phenomena, catechism. This, monks, is the first thing that leads to the presence, non-decay, and non-disappearance of the Good Teaching.
"Furthermore, monks, monks expound the Teaching in detail to others as they have heard it, as they have learned it. This, monks, is the second thing that leads to the presence, non-decay, and non-disappearance of the Good Teaching.
"Furthermore, monks, monks expound the Teaching in detail to another as they have heard it, as they have learned it. This, monks, is the third factor that leads to the presence, non-decay, and non-disappearance of the Good Teaching.
"Furthermore, monks, monks recite the Teaching in detail as they have heard it, as they have learned it. This, monks, is the fourth factor that leads to the presence, non-decay, and non-disappearance of the Good Teaching.
"Furthermore, monks, monks reflect upon, examine, and mentally contemplate the Teaching as they have heard it, as they have learned it. This, monks, is the fifth thing that leads to the presence, non-decay, and non-disappearance of the Good Teaching. These, monks, are the five things that lead to the presence, non-decay, and non-disappearance of the Good Teaching." The fifth.