At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, these six fields of contact bring suffering when they’re untamed, unguarded, unprotected, and unrestrained. What six? The field of eye contact brings suffering when it’s untamed, unguarded, unprotected, and unrestrained.
The field of ear contact … nose contact … tongue contact … body contact … The field of mind contact brings suffering when it’s untamed, unguarded, unprotected, and unrestrained. These six fields of contact bring suffering when they’re untamed, unguarded, unprotected, and unrestrained. These six fields of contact bring happiness when they’re well tamed, well guarded, well protected, and well restrained.
What six? The field of eye contact brings happiness when it’s well tamed, well guarded, well protected, and well restrained. The field of ear contact … nose contact … tongue contact … body contact … The field of mind contact brings happiness when it’s well tamed, well guarded, well protected, and well restrained.
These six fields of contact bring happiness when they’re well tamed, well guarded, well protected, and well restrained.” That is what the Buddha said. Then the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say: “Mendicants, it’s just the six fields of contact
PL
Ime kho, bhikkhave, cha phassāyatanā sudantā suguttā surakkhitā susaṁvutā sukhādhivāhā hontī”ti. Idamavoca bhagavā …pe… etadavoca satthā: “Saḷeva phassāyatanāni bhikkhavo,
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that lead the unrestrained to suffering. Those who understand how to restrain them live with faith as partner, not festering. When you’ve seen pleasant sights
and unpleasant ones, too, dispel all manner of desire for the pleasant, without hating what you don’t like. When you’ve heard sounds both liked and disliked,
don’t fall under the thrall of sounds you like, dispel hate for the unliked, and don’t hurt your mind <j>by thinking of what you don’t like. When you’ve smelled a pleasant, fragrant scent,
PL
Piyamhi sadde na samucchito siyā; Athoppiye dosagataṁ vinodaye, Na cāppiyaṁ meti manaṁ padosaye. Gandhañca ghatvā surabhiṁ manoramaṁ,
EN
and one that’s foul and unpleasant, dispel aversion for the unpleasant, while not yielding to desire for the pleasant. When you’ve enjoyed a sweet, delicious taste,
PL
Athopi ghatvā asuciṁ akantiyaṁ; Akantiyasmiṁ paṭighaṁ vinodaye, Chandānunīto na ca kantiye siyā. Rasañca bhotvāna asāditañca sāduṁ,
EN
and sometimes those that are bitter, don’t be attached to enjoying sweet tastes, and don’t despise the bitter. Don’t be intoxicated by a pleasant touch,
and don’t tremble at a painful touch. Look with equanimity at the duality <j>of pleasant and painful contacts, without favoring or opposing anything. People generally let their perceptions proliferate;
perceiving and proliferating, they are attracted. Casting aside all mental constructions of the domestic life, wander intent on renunciation. When the mind is well developed like this <j>regarding the six,
At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, these six fields of contact bring suffering when they’re untamed, unguarded, unprotected, and unrestrained. What six? The field of eye contact brings suffering when it’s untamed, unguarded, unprotected, and unrestrained.
The field of ear contact … nose contact … tongue contact … body contact … The field of mind contact brings suffering when it’s untamed, unguarded, unprotected, and unrestrained. These six fields of contact bring suffering when they’re untamed, unguarded, unprotected, and unrestrained. These six fields of contact bring happiness when they’re well tamed, well guarded, well protected, and well restrained.
What six? The field of eye contact brings happiness when it’s well tamed, well guarded, well protected, and well restrained. The field of ear contact … nose contact … tongue contact … body contact … The field of mind contact brings happiness when it’s well tamed, well guarded, well protected, and well restrained.
These six fields of contact bring happiness when they’re well tamed, well guarded, well protected, and well restrained.” That is what the Buddha said. Then the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say: “Mendicants, it’s just the six fields of contact
PL
Ime kho, bhikkhave, cha phassāyatanā sudantā suguttā surakkhitā susaṁvutā sukhādhivāhā hontī”ti. Idamavoca bhagavā …pe… etadavoca satthā: “Saḷeva phassāyatanāni bhikkhavo,
EN
that lead the unrestrained to suffering. Those who understand how to restrain them live with faith as partner, not festering. When you’ve seen pleasant sights
and unpleasant ones, too, dispel all manner of desire for the pleasant, without hating what you don’t like. When you’ve heard sounds both liked and disliked,
don’t fall under the thrall of sounds you like, dispel hate for the unliked, and don’t hurt your mind <j>by thinking of what you don’t like. When you’ve smelled a pleasant, fragrant scent,
PL
Piyamhi sadde na samucchito siyā; Athoppiye dosagataṁ vinodaye, Na cāppiyaṁ meti manaṁ padosaye. Gandhañca ghatvā surabhiṁ manoramaṁ,
EN
and one that’s foul and unpleasant, dispel aversion for the unpleasant, while not yielding to desire for the pleasant. When you’ve enjoyed a sweet, delicious taste,
PL
Athopi ghatvā asuciṁ akantiyaṁ; Akantiyasmiṁ paṭighaṁ vinodaye, Chandānunīto na ca kantiye siyā. Rasañca bhotvāna asāditañca sāduṁ,
EN
and sometimes those that are bitter, don’t be attached to enjoying sweet tastes, and don’t despise the bitter. Don’t be intoxicated by a pleasant touch,
and don’t tremble at a painful touch. Look with equanimity at the duality <j>of pleasant and painful contacts, without favoring or opposing anything. People generally let their perceptions proliferate;
perceiving and proliferating, they are attracted. Casting aside all mental constructions of the domestic life, wander intent on renunciation. When the mind is well developed like this <j>regarding the six,
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