[396] "Restraint of the sense faculties (indriyasaṃvara), Kuṇḍaliya, when developed and made much of, fulfills the three kinds of good conduct (sucarita). And how, Kuṇḍaliya, is restraint of the sense faculties developed, how is it made much of, so that it fulfills the three kinds of good conduct? Here, Kuṇḍaliya, a bhikkhu, having seen an agreeable form with the eye, does not covet it, is not vexed, and does not generate lust; his body is steady and his mind (citta) is steady, well composed within, well liberated. And further, having seen a disagreeable form with the eye, he is not dismayed; his mind is not fixed [upon it], his mind is undejected, his heart is without ill will; his body is steady and his mind is steady, well composed within, well liberated.
Furthermore, Kuṇḍaliya, a bhikkhu, having heard a sound with the ear … having smelled an odor with the nose, having tasted a flavor with the tongue, having touched a tangible with the body, having cognized an agreeable mental phenomenon with the mind, does not covet it, is not vexed, and does not generate lust; his body is steady and his mind is steady, well composed within, well liberated. And further, having cognized a disagreeable mental phenomenon with the mind, he is not dismayed; his mind is not fixed [upon it], his mind is undejected, his heart is without ill will; his body is steady and his mind is steady, well composed within, well liberated.
When, Kuṇḍaliya, a bhikkhu, having seen a form with the eye, is steady amid agreeable and disagreeable forms, undejected in mind, his heart without ill will, and his body is steady and his mind is steady, well composed within, well liberated; when, having heard a sound with the ear … having smelled an odor with the nose, having tasted a flavor with the tongue, having touched a tangible with the body, having cognized a mental phenomenon with the mind, amid agreeable and disagreeable mental phenomena his body is steady and his mind is steady, well composed within, well liberated — it is when restraint of the sense faculties has been developed thus, Kuṇḍaliya, made much of thus, that it fulfills the three kinds of good conduct."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.