Saṃyutta Nikāya
4. Saḷāyatana Vagga
35. Saḷāyatana Saṃyutta
§ II: Paññāsaka Dutiya
5. Saḷa Vagga
The Book of the Kindred Sayings
4. The Book Called the Saḷāyatana-Vagga
Containing Kindred Sayings on the 'Six-Fold Sphere' of Sense and Other Subjects
35. Kindred Sayings the Sixfold Sphere of Sense
§ II: The 'Second Fifty' Suttas
5. The Chapter of the Six
Sutta 98
Saṃvara Suttaṃ
Restraint
Translated by F. L. Woodward
Edited by Mrs. Rhys Davids
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The Exalted One once staying near Sāvatthī.
Then the Exalted One addressed the brethren, saying:
"Brethren."
"Lord," responded those brethren to the Exalted One.
The Exalted One thus spake:
"I will teach you, Brethren, restraint
and lack of restraint.
Do ye listen to it.
And how, Brethren, is one unrestrained?
There are, Brethren, objects cognizable by the eye,
objects desirable,
pleasant,
delightful and dear,
passion-fraught,
inciting to lust.
If a brother be enamoured of them,
if he welcome them,
if he persist in clinging to them,
thus should he understand:
'I am falling back in profitable states.
This was called "falling back" by the Exalted One.'
■
There are, Brethren, sounds cognizable by the ear,
sounds desirable,
pleasant,
delightful and dear,
passion-fraught,
inciting to lust.
If a brother be enamoured of them,
if he welcome them,
if he persist in clinging to them,
thus should he understand:
'I am falling back in profitable states.
This was called "falling back" by the Exalted One.'
■
There are, Brethren, scents cognizable by the nose,
scents desirable,
pleasant,
delightful and dear,
passion-fraught,
inciting to lust.
If a brother be enamoured of them,
if he welcome them,
if he persist in clinging to them,
thus should he understand:
'I am falling back in profitable states.
This was called "falling back" by the Exalted One.'
■
There are, Brethren, savours cognizable by the tongue,
savours desirable,
pleasant,
delightful and dear,
passion-fraught,
inciting to lust.
If a brother be enamoured of them,
if he welcome them,
if he persist in clinging to them,
thus should he understand:
'I am falling back in profitable states.
This was called "falling back" by the Exalted One.'
■
There are, Brethren, tangibles cognizable by the body,
tangibles desirable,
pleasant,
delightful and dear,
passion-fraught,
inciting to lust.
If a brother be enamoured of them,
if he welcome them,
if he persist in clinging to them,
thus should he understand:
'I am falling back in profitable states.
This was called "falling back" by the Exalted One.'
■
There are, Brethren, mind-states cognizable by the mind,
mind-states desirable,
pleasant,
delightful and dear,
passion-fraught,
inciting to lust.
If a brother be enamoured of them,
if he welcome them,
if he persist in clinging to them,
thus should he understand:
'I am falling back in profitable states.
This was called "falling back" by the Exalted One.'
Thus, Brethren, is one unrestrained.
§
And how, Brethren, is one restrained?
There are, Brethren, objects cognizable by the eye,
objects desirable,
pleasant,
delightful and dear,
passion-fraught,
inciting to lust.
If a brother not be enamoured of them,
if he welcome them not,
if he persist not in clinging to them,
thus should he understand:
'I am not falling back in profitable states.
This was called "not falling back" by the Exalted One.'
■
There are, Brethren, sounds cognizable by the ear,
sounds desirable,
pleasant,
delightful and dear,
passion-fraught,
inciting to lust.
If a brother not be enamoured of them,
if he welcome them not,
if he persist not in clinging to them,
thus should he understand:
'I am not falling back in profitable states.
This was called "not falling back" by the Exalted One.'
■
There are, Brethren, scents cognizable by the nose,
scents desirable,
pleasant,
delightful and dear,
passion-fraught,
inciting to lust.
If a brother not be enamoured of them,
if he welcome them not,
if he persist not in clinging to them,
thus should he understand:
'I am not falling back in profitable states.
This was called "not falling back" by the Exalted One.'
■
There are, Brethren, savours cognizable by the tongue,
savours desirable,
pleasant,
delightful and dear,
passion-fraught,
inciting to lust.
If a brother not be enamoured of them,
if he welcome them not,
if he persist not in clinging to them,
thus should he understand:
'I am not falling back in profitable states.
This was called "not falling back" by the Exalted One.'
■
There are, Brethren, tangibles cognizable by the body,
tangibles desirable,
pleasant,
delightful and dear,
passion-fraught,
inciting to lust.
If a brother not be enamoured of them,
if he welcome them not,
if he persist not in clinging to them,
thus should he understand:
'I am not falling back in profitable states.
This was called "not falling back" by the Exalted One.'
■
There are, Brethren, mind-states cognizable by the mind,
mind-states desirable,
pleasant,
delightful and dear,
passion-fraught,
inciting to lust.
If a brother not be enamoured of them,
if he welcome them not,
if he persist not in clinging to them,
thus should he understand:
'I am not falling back in profitable states.
This was called "not falling back" by the Exalted One.'
Thus, Brethren, is one restrained."
