[140] "Bhikkhus, I will teach you what is subject to decline (parihānadhamma), what is not subject to decline (aparihānadhamma), and the six bases of mastery (abhibhāyatana). Listen to that.
"And how, bhikkhus, is one subject to decline? Here, bhikkhus, when a bhikkhu has seen a form with the eye, there arise in him evil, unwholesome states — memories and intentions (sarasaṅkappā) connected with the fetters. If the bhikkhu tolerates them, does not abandon them, does not dispel them, does not eliminate them, does not obliterate them, it should be understood by that bhikkhu thus: 'I am declining from wholesome states; for this has been called decline by the Blessed One.' …
"Again, bhikkhus, when a bhikkhu has tasted a taste with the tongue, there arise … .
"Again, bhikkhus, when a bhikkhu has cognized a dhamma with the mind, there arise in him evil, unwholesome states — memories and intentions connected with the fetters. If the bhikkhu tolerates them, does not abandon them, does not dispel them, does not eliminate them, does not obliterate them, it should be understood by that bhikkhu thus: 'I am declining from wholesome states … for this has been called decline by the Blessed One.'
"It is in this way, bhikkhus, that one is subject to decline."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.