{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn35.98/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn35.98","id":"suttacentral_sn35.98","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn35.98/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, I will teach you who is restrained and who is unrestrained. Listen \u2026 And how is someone unrestrained? There are sights known by the eye, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing. If a mendicant approves, welcomes, and keeps clinging to them, they should understand: \u2018My skillful qualities are declining. For this is what the Buddha calls decline.\u2019 There are sounds \u2026 smells \u2026 tastes \u2026 touches \u2026 ideas known by the mind, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing. If a mendicant approves, welcomes, and keeps clinging to them, they should understand: \u2018My skillful qualities are declining. For this is what the Buddha calls decline.\u2019 This is how someone is unrestrained. And how is someone restrained? There are sights known by the eye, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing. If a mendicant doesn\u2019t approve, welcome, and keep clinging to them, they should understand: \u2018My skillful qualities are not declining. For this is what the Buddha calls non-decline.\u2019 There are sounds \u2026 smells \u2026 tastes \u2026 touches \u2026 ideas known by the mind, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing. If a mendicant doesn\u2019t approve, welcome, and keep clinging to them, they should understand: \u2018My skillful qualities are not declining. For this is what the Buddha calls non-decline.\u2019 This is how someone is restrained.\u201d","title":"Restraint","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":224}