[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) › [Mahatanhasankhayasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.38) › 35.2 # Mahatanhasankhayasutta 35.2 Mahātaṇhāsaṅkhayasutta 35.2 - **Language:** Pāli ### [35.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.38.35.2) 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. > — The Longer Discourse on the Ending of Craving - [Previous: 35.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.38.35.1) - [Next: 35.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.38.35.3) - [Up: 35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.38.35) ## Translations (4) - [Il discorso più lungo sull’eliminazione della brama](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.38~it-giovannizappa.35.2) — Italian - [Die längere Lehrrede über die Auflösung des Verlangens](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.38~de-sabbamitta.35.2) — German - [Большое наставление об уничтожении жажды](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.38~ru-sv.35.2) — Russian - [The Longer Discourse on the Ending of Craving](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.38~en-sujato.35.2) — English ## Linked texts (1) - [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.201.133) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.38.35.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.38.35.2) · Pramāṇa