[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 Fours](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.4) › [Aparihaniyasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.4.37) › 3.3 # Aparihaniyasutta 3.3 Aparihāniyasutta 3.3 - **Language:** Pāli ### [3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.4.37.3.3) Yatvādhikaraṇamenaṃ cakkhundriyaṃ asaṃvutaṃ viharantaṃ abhijjhādomanassā pāpakā akusalā dhammā anvāssaveyyuṃ, tassa saṃvarāya paṭipajjati; rakkhati cakkhundriyaṃ; cakkhundriye saṃvaraṃ āpajjati. > If the faculty of sight were left unrestrained, bad unskillful qualities of covetousness and displeasure would become overwhelming. For this reason, they practice restraint, protecting the faculty of sight, and achieving its restraint. > — Non-decline - [Previous: 3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.4.37.3.2) - [Next: 3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.4.37.3.4) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.4.37.3) ## Translations (3) - [Non-decline](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.4.37~en-sujato.3.3) — English - [Kein Niedergang](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.4.37~de-sabbamitta.3.3) — German - [Ce qui empêche la déchéance](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.4.37~fr-sekha.3.3) — French ## Linked texts (1) - [七處三觀經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ekottara.saptasthanatrividhopapariksasutra*zh-an-shigao.1.63) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.4.37.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.4.37.3.3) · Pramāṇa