{"podcast":{"title":"Dhamma Audio","slug":"dhamma-audio-7662640","podcast_index_feed_id":7662640,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10df112d4/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.buddhawords.org/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/45188701/45188701-1768529552745-1fa571c9f86ce.jpg","author":"Sugata Vinayo","episode_count":64,"summary":"Dhamma Audio built to provide education in Buddhism, the show offers study materials on Dhamma, Suttas, and Vinaya. We share the true Dhamma, the Buddha’s teachings, because learning the authentic Dhamma is essential for developing right understanding of life and for knowing how to live in accordance with the Dhamma.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dhamma-audio-7662640"},"episode":{"title":"Non-Decline","slug":"non-decline","published_at":"2026-05-09T22:32:19+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dhamma-audio-7662640/non-decline","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dhamma-audio-7662640","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sugata-vinayo/episodes/Non-Decline-e3j4to2","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10df112d4/podcast/play/119747778/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-9%2F5cd1140b-92ff-efee-4a87-b438ea4301b3.mp3","summary":"Non-Decline. Translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi “Bhikkhus, a bhikkhu who possesses four qualities is incapable of decline and is in the vicinity of nibbāna. What four? Here, a bhikkhu is accomplished in virtuous behavior, guards the doors of the sense faculties, observes moderation in eating, and is intent on wakefulness. “And how is a bhikkhu accomplished in virtuous behavior? Here, a bhikkhu is virtuous; he dwells restrained by the Pātimokkha, possessed of good conduct and resort, seeing danger in minute faults. Having undertaken the training rules, he trains in them. It is in this way that a bhikkhu is accomplished in virtuous behavior. “And how does a bhikkhu guard the doors of the sense faculties? Here, having seen a form with the eye, a bhikkhu does not grasp its marks and features. Since, if he left the eye faculty unrestrained, bad unwholesome states of longing and dejection might invade him, he practices restraint over it; he guards the eye faculty, he undertakes the restraint of the eye faculty. Having heard a sound with the ear … Having smelled an odor with the nose … Having tasted a taste with the tongue … Having felt a tactile object with the body … Having cognized a mental phenomenon with the mind, a bhikkhu does not grasp its marks and features. Since, if he left the mind faculty unrestrained, bad unwholesome states of longing and dejection might invade him, he practices restraint over it; he guards the mind faculty, he undertakes the restraint of the mind faculty. It is in this way that a bhikkhu guards the doors of the sense faculties. “And how does a bhikkhu observe moderation in eating? Here, reflecting carefully, a bhikkhu consumes food neither for amusement nor for intoxication nor for the sake of physical beauty and attractiveness, but only for the suppo…","meta_description":"Non-Decline. Translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi “Bhikkhus, a bhikkhu who possesses four qualities is incapable of decline and is in the vicinity of nibbāna. What…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":258,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dhamma-audio-7662640/episodes/non-decline/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dhamma-audio-7662640/non-decline.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}