Mahagopalakasutta 20.3
Mahāgopālakasutta 20.3
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20.3
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.
Translations (5)
- Большое наставление о пастухе — Russian
- The Longer Discourse on the Cowherd — English
- Die längere Lehrrede über den Kuhhirten — German
- Il discorso più lungo sul mandriano — Italian
- Dugi govor o govedaru — sr