119. Kimbila asked the Lord: “What will be the cause, what (is) the reason why, after the Tathāgata attains final Nirvana, the good Dhamma will last long?”
“If, after the Tathāgata has attained final Nirvana, the monks and the nuns, the laymen and the laywomen, live with reverence and care towards the Teacher, the Dhamma and the Sangha, live with reverence and care towards the training, towards concentration, towards earnestness and towards goodwill, then the good Dhamma will last long.”
A.IV,84 (AN 5.201)
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