9.
The Third Discourse on Future Dangers
79.
"There are, monks, these five future dangers, not arisen at present, that will arise in the future.
You should be aware of them;
and having become aware, you should strive for their abandoning.
"Which five? There will be, monks, monks in the future period of time who have not developed body, not developed morality, not developed mind, not developed wisdom. They, being ones who have not developed body, not developed morality, not developed mind, not developed wisdom, will give full ordination to others. They too will not be able to train them in higher morality, higher consciousness, higher wisdom. They too will be ones who have not developed body, not developed morality, not developed mind, not developed wisdom. They, being ones who have not developed body, not developed morality, not developed mind, not developed wisdom, will give full ordination to others. They too will not be able to train them in higher morality, higher consciousness, higher wisdom. They too will be ones who have not developed body, not developed morality, not developed mind, not developed wisdom. Thus indeed, monks, from the corruption of the Teaching comes the corruption of the monastic discipline; from the corruption of the monastic discipline comes the corruption of the Teaching. This, monks, is the first future danger, not arisen at present, that will arise in the future. You should be aware of it; and having become aware, you should strive for its abandoning.
"Furthermore, monks, there will be monks in the future period of time who have not developed body, not developed morality, not developed mind, not developed wisdom. They, being ones who have not developed body, not developed morality, not developed mind, not developed wisdom, will give guidance to others. They too will not be able to train them in higher morality, higher consciousness, higher wisdom. They too will be ones who have not developed body, not developed morality, not developed mind, not developed wisdom. They, being ones who have not developed body, not developed morality, not developed mind, not developed wisdom, will give guidance to others. They too will not be able to train them in higher morality, higher consciousness, higher wisdom. They too will be ones who have not developed body, not developed morality, not developed mind, not developed wisdom. Thus indeed, monks, from the corruption of the Teaching comes the corruption of the monastic discipline; from the corruption of the monastic discipline comes the corruption of the Teaching. This, monks, is the second future danger, not arisen at present, that will arise in the future. You should be aware of it; and having become aware, you should strive for its abandoning.
"Furthermore, monks, there will be monks in the future period of time who have not developed body, not developed morality, not developed mind, not developed wisdom. They, being ones who have not developed body, not developed morality, not developed mind, not developed wisdom, while discussing the higher teaching and analytical discussion, falling into dark mental states, will not understand. Thus indeed, monks, from the corruption of the Teaching comes the corruption of the monastic discipline; from the corruption of the monastic discipline comes the corruption of the Teaching. This, monks, is the third future danger, not arisen at present, that will arise in the future. You should be aware of it; and having become aware, you should strive for its abandoning.
"Furthermore, monks, there will be monks in the future period of time who have not developed body, not developed morality, not developed mind, not developed wisdom. They, not having developed body, not having developed morality, not having developed mind, not having developed wisdom, when those discourses spoken by the Truth-finder that are deep, deep in meaning, supramundane, connected with emptiness, are being recited, will not listen, will not lend an ear, will not apply their minds to final liberating knowledge, and will not think those teachings worth learning and mastering. But when those discourses that are composed by poets, poetic, with elaborate syllables, with elaborate phrases, external, spoken by disciples, are being recited, they will listen, will lend an ear, will apply their minds to final liberating knowledge, and will think those teachings worth learning and mastering. Thus indeed, monks, from the corruption of the Teaching comes the corruption of the monastic discipline; from the corruption of the monastic discipline comes the corruption of the Teaching. This, monks, is the fourth future danger, not arisen at present, that will arise in the future. You should be aware of it; and having become aware, you should strive for its abandoning.
"Furthermore, monks, there will be monks in the future period of time who have not developed body, not developed morality, not developed mind, not developed wisdom. They, not having developed body, not having developed morality, not having developed mind, not having developed wisdom, the elder monks will be luxurious, lax, forerunners in falling away, having laid down the responsibility for solitude, they will not arouse energy for the attainment of the unattained, for the achievement of the unachieved, for the realisation of the unrealised. Their later generation will follow the example of what they have seen. They too will be luxurious, lax, forerunners in falling away, having laid down the responsibility for solitude, they will not arouse energy for the attainment of the unattained, for the achievement of the unachieved, for the realisation of the unrealised. Thus indeed, monks, from the corruption of the Teaching comes the corruption of the monastic discipline; from the corruption of the monastic discipline comes the corruption of the Teaching. This, monks, is the fifth future danger, not arisen at present, that will arise in the future. You should be aware of it; and having become aware, you should strive for its abandoning. "These, monks, are the five future dangers, not arisen at present, that will arise in the future. You should be aware of them; and having understood them, effort should be made for their abandoning." The ninth.