an10.68:4.1 “Reverends, whoever has no faith, conscience,
an10.68:4.2 prudence,
an10.68:4.3 energy,
an10.68:4.4 and wisdom;
an10.68:4.5 who doesn’t want to listen,
an10.68:4.6 doesn’t memorize the teachings,
an10.68:4.7 examine their meaning,
an10.68:4.8 or practice accordingly,
an10.68:4.9 and is negligent when it comes to skillful qualities can expect decline, not growth, in skillful qualities, whether by day or by night.
an10.68:4.10 It’s like the moon in the waning fortnight. Whether by day or by night, its beauty, roundness, luminosity, and diameter and circumference only decline.
an10.68:4.11 In the same way, whoever has no faith, conscience,
an10.68:4.12 prudence,
an10.68:4.13 energy,
an10.68:4.14 and wisdom;
an10.68:4.15 who doesn’t want to listen,
an10.68:4.16 doesn’t memorize the teachings,
an10.68:4.17 examine their meaning,
an10.68:4.18 or practice accordingly,
an10.68:4.19 and is negligent when it comes to skillful qualities can expect decline, not growth, in skillful qualities, whether by day or by night.

