First on the confusion of the Teaching

Bhikkhus, these five things conduce to the confusion and disappearance of the good Teaching. What five?

Here, bhikkhus, the bhikkhu does not listen to the Teaching carefully, does not practise it carefully, does not keep it in mind carefully, does not examine the meanings of the teaching in the mind carefully. Knowing the meanings and the Teaching does not fall to the method of practising it carefully. Bhikkhus, these five things conduce to the confusion and disappearance of the good Teaching.

Bhikkhus, these five things conduce to the non-confusion and non-disappearance of the good Teaching. What five?

Here, bhikkhus, the bhikkhu listens to the Teaching carefully, practises it carefully, keeps it in mind carefully, examines the meanings of the teaching in the mind carefully. Knowing the meanings and the Teaching falls to the method of practising it carefully. Bhikkhus, these five things conduce to the non-confusion and non-disappearance of the good Teaching.