[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) › [With Kandaraka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.51) › 16.2 # With Kandaraka 16.2 Kandarakasutta 16.2 - **Language:** Pāli ### [16.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.51.16.2) 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. > — With Kandaraka - [Previous: 16.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.51.16.1) - [Next: 16.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.51.16.3) - [Up: 16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.51.16) ## Translations (5) - [Mit Kandaraka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.51~de-sabbamitta.16.2) — German - [With Kandaraka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.51~en-sujato.16.2) — English - [Il discorso con Kandaraka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.51~it-giovannizappa.16.2) — Italian - [К Кандараке](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.51~ru-sv.16.2) — Russian - [Govor Kandaraki](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.51~sr-brankokovacevic.16.2) — sr --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.51.16.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.51.16.2) · Pramāṇa