[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [The Pāli Canon](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada) › [Basket of Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp) › [Aṅguttaranikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara) › [The Book of Threes](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.3) › [Apannakasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.3.16) › 2.9 # Apannakasutta 2.9 Apaṇṇakasutta 2.9 - **Language:** Pāli ### [2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.3.16.2.9) Yatvādhikaraṇamenaṃ manindriyaṃ asaṃvutaṃ viharantaṃ abhijjhādomanassā pāpakā akusalā dhammā anvāssaveyyuṃ tassa saṃvarāya paṭipajjati, rakkhati manindriyaṃ, manindriye saṃvaraṃ āpajjati. > If the faculty of mind were left unrestrained, bad unskillful qualities of covetousness and displeasure would become overwhelming. For this reason, they practice restraint, protecting the faculty of mind, and achieving its restraint. > — A Sure Bet - [Previous: 2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.3.16.2.8) - [Next: 2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.3.16.2.10) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.3.16.2) ## Translations (5) - [A Sure Bet](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.3.16~en-sujato.2.9) — English - [Eine sichere Wette](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.3.16~de-sabbamitta.2.9) — German - [Sans faute](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.3.16~fr-sekha.2.9) — French - [16. 保証されている事](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.3.16~ja-kaz.2.9) — Japanese - [Безошибочный](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.3.16~ru-sv.2.9) — Russian ## Linked texts (1) - [增壹阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ekottaragama*zh-sanghadeva.21.6.5) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.3.16.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.3.16.2.9) · Pramāṇa