Seven Conditions of the Welfare of a Community
‘Other seven conditions of welfare will I teach you, O brethren. Listen well, and attend, and I will speak.’
And on their expressing their assent, he spake as follows:
‘So long as the brethren shall not engage in, or be fond of, or be connected with business–so long as the brethren shall not be in the habit of or be fond of, or be partakers in idle talk–so long as the brethren shall not be addicted to, or be fond of, or indulge in slothfulness–so long as the brethren shall not frequent, or be fond of, or indulge in society–so long as the brethren shall neither have, nor fall under the influence of, sinful desires–so long as the brethren shall not become the friends, companions, or intimates of sinners–so long as the brethren shall not come to a stop on their way [to Nirvâna[1]] because they have attained to any lesser thing–so long may the brethren be expected not to decline, but to prosper.’
From the MAHÂ-PARINIBBÂNA-SUTTANTA pg 7-8, Translated from Pâli by T. W. Rhys Davids, 1881 http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/sbe11/sbe1103.htm