[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) › [Majjhimanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima) › [Chabbisodhanasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.112) › 15.2 # Chabbisodhanasutta 15.2 Chabbisodhanasutta 15.2 - **Language:** Pāli ### [15.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.112.15.2) yatvādhikaraṇamenaṃ cakkhundriyaṃ asaṃvutaṃ viharantaṃ abhijjhādomanassā pāpakā akusalā dhammā anvāssaveyyuṃ, tassa saṃvarāya paṭipajjiṃ; rakkhiṃ cakkhundriyaṃ, cakkhundriye saṃvaraṃ āpajjiṃ. > If the faculty of sight were left unrestrained, bad unskillful qualities of covetousness and displeasure would become overwhelming. For this reason, I practiced restraint, protecting the faculty of sight, and achieving its restraint. > — The Sixfold Purification - [Previous: 15.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.112.15.1) - [Next: 15.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.112.15.3) - [Up: 15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.112.15) ## Translations (4) - [The Sixfold Purification](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.112~en-sujato.15.2) — English - [Die sechsfache Läuterung](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.112~de-sabbamitta.15.2) — German - [Il discorso sulla purificazione a sei passi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.112~it-giovannizappa.15.2) — Italian - [Чистота в шести аспектах](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.112~ru-sv.15.2) — Russian ## Linked texts (1) - [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.187.23) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.112.15.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.112.15.2) · Pramāṇa