The Discourse about the Great Emancipation

The First Chapter for Recitation
1) “For as long, monks, as the monks will have faith, surely growth,
monks, is to be expected for the monks, not decline. 24
2) For as long, monks, as the monks will have a conscientious mind,
surely growth, monks, is to be expected for the monks, not decline.
3) For as long, monks, as the monks will have a sense of shame,
surely growth, monks, is to be expected for the monks, not decline.
4) For as long, monks, as the monks will be learned, surely growth,
monks, is to be expected for the monks, not decline. 25
5) For as long, monks, as the monks will be strenuous, surely growth,
monks, is to be expected for the monks, not decline.
6) For as long, monks, as the monks will attend to mindfulness, surely
growth, monks, is to be expected for the monks, not decline.
24 This and the following things which prevent decline are known as the
Seven Good Qualities (Sattasaddhammā), see Saṅgītisuttaṁ (DN 33).
25 The Commentary explains that learning here means specifically pariyatti
(knowledge of scripture).
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