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## The Sutra Kritanga Sutra
**"Kamai:"** One should restrain all desires, including those arising from lust, by practicing self-control. One should not develop attachment or aversion to any object that is pleasing to the senses. As it is said:
**"Sadde-su ya bhaddayapavaesu, soyavisa-yamuvagaesu. Tutt-ena va rutth-ena va, sam-an-ena saya na hoyavvam. ||1||"**
**Translation:** Even when hearing pleasant or unpleasant sounds, a monk should not be pleased or displeased. ||1||
**"Ruve-su ya bhaddayapavaesu, chakkhuvisa-yamuvagaesu. Tutt-ena va rutth-ena va sam-an-ena saya na hoyavvam. ||2||"**
**Translation:** Even when seeing pleasant or unpleasant sights, a monk should not be pleased or displeased. ||2||
**"Gandhe ya bhaddayapavasu, ghanavisa-yamuvagaesu. Tutt-ena va rudv-ena va sam-an-ena saya na hoyavve. ||3||"**
**Translation:** Even when smelling pleasant or unpleasant scents, a monk should not be pleased or displeased. ||3||
**"Bhakhe-su ya bhaddayapavasu, rasanavisa-yamuvagaesu. Tutt-ena va rudv-ena va sam-an-ena saya na hoyavvam. ||4||"**
**Translation:** Even when tasting pleasant or unpleasant flavors, a monk should not be pleased or displeased. ||4||
**"Pha-se-su ya bhaddayapavaesu, phasavisa-yamuvagaesu. Tutt-ena va rudv-ena va sam-an-ena saya na hoyavvam. ||5||"**
**Translation:** Even when experiencing pleasant or unpleasant touch, a monk should not be pleased or displeased. ||5||
**"||27||"** Just as the restraint of the senses is necessary, so too is the restraint of other attachments.
**Commentary:** An unknown object is one that has no connection to the past or future. A monk should live by consuming such unknown objects. This means that a monk should not feel dejected if they receive little food, nor should they feel proud if they receive good food. They should not perform austerities for the sake of honor or respect, nor should they perform austerities for the sake of liberation. They should not consider their past austerities as useless or meaningless. It is said that austerity and scripture are the two things that lead to the highest place in the afterlife. When one desires worldly things, these two become as useless as a piece of straw. A monk should not be greedy or attached to taste. Similarly, they should not be attached to sounds, sights, smells, or touch. The author of the sutra states that a monk should not be attached to the sounds of flutes, veenas, etc., nor should they feel aversion to harsh, unpleasant words. Similarly, they should not feel attachment or aversion to beautiful or ugly forms. They should practice self-control by abandoning attachment to all sensual pleasures. They should not feel attachment or aversion to beautiful or ugly objects.
**Translation:** Even when hearing pleasant or unpleasant sounds, a monk should not be pleased or displeased. Even when seeing pleasant or unpleasant sights, a monk should not be pleased or displeased. Even when smelling pleasant or unpleasant scents, a monk should not be pleased or displeased. Even when tasting pleasant or unpleasant flavors, a monk should not be pleased or displeased. Even when experiencing pleasant or unpleasant touch, a monk should not be pleased or displeased.
**"Just as the restraint of the senses is necessary, so too is the restraint of other attachments."**
**"Om Om Om"**
**"Savvai sangai aiccha dhire, savvai dukkhai-n titikkhamane. Akhile agiddhe jani-eyachari, abhayankare bhikku-anavilappa. ||28||"**
**Translation:** "He who is patient in all associations, he who endures all suffering, he who is free from greed, he who is a true follower of the path, he who is fearless, he is the monk who is free from attachment." ||28||
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