an.2.20 Aṅguttara Nikāya (Numbered Discourses)

When the words and phrases are misplaced, the meaning is misinterpreted.
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“These two things, mendicants, lead to the decline and disappearance of the true teaching.
What two?
The words and phrases are misplaced, and the meaning is misinterpreted.
These two things lead to the decline and disappearance of the true teaching.
These two things lead to the continuation, persistence, and enduring of the true teaching.
What two?
The words and phrases are well organized, and the meaning is correctly interpreted.
When the words and phrases are well organized, the meaning is correctly interpreted.
These two things lead to the continuation, persistence, and enduring of the true teaching.”