sn47.22:2.1 “Good, good, Reverend Bhadda!
sn47.22:2.2 Your approach and eloquence are excellent, and it’s a good question.
sn47.22:2.3 For you asked:
sn47.22:2.4 ‘What is the cause, Reverend Ānanda, what is the reason why the true teaching does not last long after the final quenching of the Realized One?
sn47.22:2.5 What is the cause, what is the reason why the true teaching does last long after the final quenching of the Realized One?’”
sn47.22:2.6 “Yes, reverend.”
sn47.22:2.7 “It’s because of not developing and cultivating the four kinds of mindfulness meditation that the true teaching doesn’t last long after the final quenching of the Realized One.
sn47.22:2.8 It’s because of developing and cultivating the four kinds of mindfulness meditation that the true teaching does last long after the final quenching of the Realized One.