Aparihaniyasutta 3.9

Aparihāniyasutta 3.9

Language: Pāli

3.9

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.
Non-decline

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Translations (3)

Non-decline — English
Kein Niedergang — German
Ce qui empêche la déchéance — French

Linked texts (1)

七處三觀經 — Classical Chinese