sn35.98:2.1 And how is someone restrained?
sn35.98:2.2 There are sights known by the eye, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing.
sn35.98:2.3 If a mendicant doesn’t approve, welcome, and keep clinging to them, they should understand:
sn35.98:2.4 ‘My skillful qualities are not declining.
sn35.98:2.5 For this is what the Buddha calls non-decline.’
sn35.98:2.6 There are sounds … smells … tastes … touches …
sn35.98:2.7 ideas known by the mind, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing.
sn35.98:2.8 If a mendicant doesn’t approve, welcome, and keep clinging to them, they should understand:
sn35.98:2.9 ‘My skillful qualities are not declining.
sn35.98:2.10 For this is what the Buddha calls non-decline.’
sn35.98:2.11 This is how someone is restrained.”