| AN.VII.22 | Kamma Sutta | The following seven practices, also known as the "bhikkhu-aparihaaniyadhamma serve to protect a monastic community from decline, i.e.: 1. monks not being enamoured by the working life; 2. monks not being enamoured by chatter; 3. monks not being enamoured by sleeping; 4. monks not being enamoured by gregariousness; 5. monks not entertaining perverse thoughts; 6. monks not associating with evil friends, and; 7. monks not giving up halfway before reaching enlightenment. | 37/072 | Sattaka Nipaata, Pa.thamapa.n.naasaka | A"nguttara | A.iv. | |