Chakkanipāta 33

Numbered Discourses 6.33

4. Deities

Non-decline (2nd)

1 “Tonight, a glorious deity, lighting up the entire Jeta’s Grove, came to me, bowed, stood to one side, and said to me: ‘Sir, these six things don’t lead to the decline of a mendicant. What six? Respect for the Teacher, for the teaching, for the Saṅgha, for the training, for conscience, and for prudence. These six things don’t lead to the decline of a mendicant.’

That is what that deity said. Then he bowed and respectfully circled me, keeping me on his right side, before vanishing right there.

2 One respectful of the Teacher and the teaching,

keenly respecting the Saṅgha;

endowed with conscience and prudence,

reverential and respectful—

it is impossible for them to decline;

they have drawn near to extinguishment.”