[141] "And how, bhikkhus, is one of a nature not to decline (aparihānadhamma)? Here, bhikkhus, when a bhikkhu has seen a form with the eye, there arise evil, unwholesome states — memories and intentions connected with the fetters (saṃyojana). If the bhikkhu does not tolerate them, but abandons them, dispels them, puts an end to them, and brings them to non-existence, then this should be understood by that bhikkhu: 'I am not declining from wholesome states.' For this has been declared by the Blessed One to be non-decline. …
"Again, bhikkhus, when a bhikkhu has tasted a flavour with the tongue, there arise …
"Again, bhikkhus, when a bhikkhu has cognized a mental phenomenon (dhamma) with the mind, there arise evil, unwholesome states — memories and intentions connected with the fetters. If the bhikkhu does not tolerate them, but abandons them, dispels them, puts an end to them, and brings them to non-existence, then this should be understood by that bhikkhu: 'I am not declining from wholesome states.' For this has been declared by the Blessed One to be non-decline. It is in this way, bhikkhus, that one is of a nature not to decline."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.