sn35.132:12.1 “Worthy Kaccāna spoke of someone who doesn’t guard the sense doors.
sn35.132:12.2 How do you define someone who doesn’t guard the sense doors?”
sn35.132:12.3 “Brahmin, take someone who sees a sight with their eyes. If it’s pleasant they hold on to it, but if it’s unpleasant they dislike it. They live with mindfulness of the body unestablished and their heart stunted.
sn35.132:12.4 And they don’t truly understand the freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom where those arisen bad, unskillful qualities cease without remainder.
sn35.132:12.5 When they hear a sound with their ears …
sn35.132:12.6 When they smell an odor with their nose …
sn35.132:12.7 When they taste a flavor with their tongue …
sn35.132:12.8 When they feel a touch with their body …
sn35.132:12.9 When they know an idea with their mind, if it’s pleasant they hold on to it, but if it’s unpleasant they dislike it. They live with mindfulness of the body unestablished and their heart stunted.
sn35.132:12.10 And they don’t truly understand the freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom where those arisen bad, unskillful qualities cease without remainder.
sn35.132:12.11 That’s how someone doesn’t guard the sense doors.”
sn35.132:12.12 “It’s incredible, worthy Kaccāna, it’s amazing!
sn35.132:12.13 How accurately you’ve explained someone whose sense doors are unguarded!