{"id":"an6.50","title":"Sense Restraint","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an6.50","title":"Sense Restraint","units":[{"id":"an6.50:0","sourceIds":["an6.50:0.1","an6.50:0.2","an6.50:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 6.50\n5. Dhammikavagga\nIndriyasaṁvarasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 6.50\n5. About Dhammika\nSense Restraint"}},{"id":"an6.50:1","sourceIds":["an6.50:1.1","an6.50:1.2","an6.50:1.3","an6.50:1.4","an6.50:1.5","an6.50:1.6","an6.50:1.7","an6.50:1.8","an6.50:1.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Indriyasaṁvare, bhikkhave, asati indriyasaṁvaravipannassa hatūpanisaṁ hoti sīlaṁ;\nsīle asati sīlavipannassa hatūpaniso hoti sammāsamādhi;\nsammāsamādhimhi asati sammāsamādhivipannassa hatūpanisaṁ hoti yathābhūtañāṇadassanaṁ;\nyathābhūtañāṇadassane asati yathābhūtañāṇadassanavipannassa hatūpaniso hoti nibbidāvirāgo;\nnibbidāvirāge asati nibbidāvirāgavipannassa hatūpanisaṁ hoti vimuttiñāṇadassanaṁ.\nSeyyathāpi, bhikkhave, rukkho sākhāpalāsavipanno.\nTassa papaṭikāpi na pāripūriṁ gacchati, tacopi na pāripūriṁ gacchati, pheggupi na pāripūriṁ gacchati, sāropi na pāripūriṁ gacchati.\nEvamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, indriyasaṁvare asati indriyasaṁvaravipannassa hatūpanisaṁ hoti sīlaṁ …pe…\nvimuttiñāṇadassanaṁ.","en":"“Mendicants, when there is no sense restraint, one who lacks sense restraint has destroyed a vital condition for ethical conduct.\nWhen there is no ethical conduct, one who lacks ethics has destroyed a vital condition for right immersion.\nWhen there is no right immersion, one who lacks right immersion has destroyed a vital condition for true knowledge and vision.\nWhen there is no true knowledge and vision, one who lacks true knowledge and vision has destroyed a vital condition for disillusionment and dispassion.\nWhen there is no disillusionment and dispassion, one who lacks disillusionment and dispassion has destroyed a vital condition for knowledge and vision of freedom.\nSuppose there was a tree that lacked branches and foliage.\nIts shoots, bark, softwood, and heartwood would not grow to fullness.\nIn the same way, when there is no sense restraint, one who lacks sense restraint has destroyed a vital condition for ethical conduct. …\nOne who lacks disillusionment and dispassion has destroyed a vital condition for knowledge and vision of freedom."}},{"id":"an6.50:2","sourceIds":["an6.50:2.1","an6.50:2.2","an6.50:2.3","an6.50:2.4","an6.50:2.5","an6.50:2.6","an6.50:2.7","an6.50:2.8","an6.50:2.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Indriyasaṁvare, bhikkhave, sati indriyasaṁvarasampannassa upanisasampannaṁ hoti sīlaṁ;\nsīle sati sīlasampannassa upanisasampanno hoti sammāsamādhi;\nsammāsamādhimhi sati sammāsamādhisampannassa upanisasampannaṁ hoti yathābhūtañāṇadassanaṁ;\nyathābhūtañāṇadassane sati yathābhūtañāṇadassanasampannassa upanisasampanno hoti nibbidāvirāgo;\nnibbidāvirāge sati nibbidāvirāgasampannassa upanisasampannaṁ hoti vimuttiñāṇadassanaṁ.\nSeyyathāpi, bhikkhave, rukkho sākhāpalāsasampanno. Tassa papaṭikāpi pāripūriṁ gacchati, tacopi pāripūriṁ gacchati, pheggupi pāripūriṁ gacchati, sāropi pāripūriṁ gacchati.\nEvamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, indriyasaṁvare sati indriyasaṁvarasampannassa upanisasampannaṁ hoti sīlaṁ …pe…\nvimuttiñāṇadassanan”ti.\nAṭṭhamaṁ.","en":"When there is sense restraint, one who has fulfilled sense restraint has fulfilled a vital condition for ethical conduct.\nWhen there is ethical conduct, one who has fulfilled ethical conduct has fulfilled a vital condition for right immersion.\nWhen there is right immersion, one who has fulfilled right immersion has fulfilled a vital condition for true knowledge and vision.\nWhen there is true knowledge and vision, one who has fulfilled true knowledge and vision has fulfilled a vital condition for disillusionment and dispassion.\nWhen there is disillusionment and dispassion, one who has fulfilled disillusionment and dispassion has fulfilled a vital condition for knowledge and vision of freedom.\nSuppose there was a tree that was complete with branches and foliage. Its shoots, bark, softwood, and heartwood would all grow to fullness.\nIn the same way, when there is sense restraint, one who has fulfilled sense restraint has fulfilled a vital condition for ethical conduct. …\nOne who has fulfilled disillusionment and dispassion has fulfilled a vital condition for knowledge and vision of freedom.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an6.50/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}