{"id":"sn35.94","title":"Untamed, Unguarded","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn35.94","title":"Untamed, Unguarded","units":[{"id":"sn35.94:0","sourceIds":["sn35.94:0.1","sn35.94:0.2","sn35.94:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.94\n10. Saḷavagga\nAdantaaguttasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 35.94\n10. The Sixes\nUntamed, Unguarded"}},{"id":"sn35.94:1","sourceIds":["sn35.94:1.1","sn35.94:1.2","sn35.94:1.3","sn35.94:1.4","sn35.94:1.5","sn35.94:1.6","sn35.94:1.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthinidānaṁ.\n“Chayime, bhikkhave, phassāyatanā adantā aguttā arakkhitā asaṁvutā dukkhādhivāhā honti.\nKatame cha?\nCakkhu, bhikkhave, phassāyatanaṁ adantaṁ aguttaṁ arakkhitaṁ asaṁvutaṁ dukkhādhivāhaṁ hoti …pe…\njivhā, bhikkhave, phassāyatanaṁ adantaṁ aguttaṁ arakkhitaṁ asaṁvutaṁ dukkhādhivāhaṁ hoti …pe…\nmano, bhikkhave, phassāyatanaṁ adantaṁ aguttaṁ arakkhitaṁ asaṁvutaṁ dukkhādhivāhaṁ hoti.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, cha phassāyatanā adantā aguttā arakkhitā asaṁvutā dukkhādhivāhā honti”.","en":"At Sāvatthī.\n“Mendicants, these six fields of contact bring suffering when they’re untamed, unguarded, unprotected, and unrestrained.\nWhat six?\nThe field of eye contact brings suffering when it’s untamed, unguarded, unprotected, and unrestrained.\nThe field of ear contact … nose contact … tongue contact … body contact …\nThe field of mind contact brings suffering when it’s untamed, unguarded, unprotected, and unrestrained.\nThese six fields of contact bring suffering when they’re untamed, unguarded, unprotected, and unrestrained."}},{"id":"sn35.94:2","sourceIds":["sn35.94:2.1","sn35.94:2.2","sn35.94:2.3","sn35.94:2.4","sn35.94:2.5","sn35.94:2.6","sn35.94:2.7","sn35.94:2.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Chayime, bhikkhave, phassāyatanā sudantā suguttā surakkhitā susaṁvutā sukhādhivāhā honti.\nKatame cha?\nCakkhu, bhikkhave, phassāyatanaṁ sudantaṁ suguttaṁ surakkhitaṁ susaṁvutaṁ sukhādhivāhaṁ hoti …pe…\njivhā, bhikkhave, phassāyatanaṁ sudantaṁ suguttaṁ surakkhitaṁ susaṁvutaṁ sukhādhivāhaṁ hoti …pe…\nmano, bhikkhave, phassāyatanaṁ sudantaṁ suguttaṁ surakkhitaṁ susaṁvutaṁ sukhādhivāhaṁ hoti.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, cha phassāyatanā sudantā suguttā surakkhitā susaṁvutā sukhādhivāhā hontī”ti.\nIdamavoca bhagavā …pe…\netadavoca satthā:","en":"These six fields of contact bring happiness when they’re well tamed, well guarded, well protected, and well restrained.\nWhat six?\nThe field of eye contact brings happiness when it’s well tamed, well guarded, well protected, and well restrained.\nThe field of ear contact … nose contact … tongue contact … body contact …\nThe field of mind contact brings happiness when it’s well tamed, well guarded, well protected, and well restrained.\nThese six fields of contact bring happiness when they’re well tamed, well guarded, well protected, and well restrained.”\nThat is what the Buddha said.\nThen the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say:"}},{"id":"sn35.94:3","sourceIds":["sn35.94:3.1","sn35.94:3.2","sn35.94:3.3","sn35.94:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Saḷeva phassāyatanāni bhikkhavo,\nAsaṁvuto yattha dukkhaṁ nigacchati;\nTesañca ye saṁvaraṇaṁ avedisuṁ,\nSaddhādutiyā viharantānavassutā.","en":"“Mendicants, it’s just the six fields of contact\nthat lead the unrestrained to suffering.\nThose who understand how to restrain them\nlive with faith as partner, not festering."}},{"id":"sn35.94:4","sourceIds":["sn35.94:4.1","sn35.94:4.2","sn35.94:4.3","sn35.94:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Disvāna rūpāni manoramāni,\nAthopi disvāna amanoramāni;\nManorame rāgapathaṁ vinodaye,\nNa cāppiyaṁ meti manaṁ padosaye.","en":"When you’ve seen pleasant sights\nand unpleasant ones, too,\ndispel all manner of desire for the pleasant,\nwithout hating what you don’t like."}},{"id":"sn35.94:5","sourceIds":["sn35.94:5.1","sn35.94:5.2","sn35.94:5.3","sn35.94:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saddañca sutvā dubhayaṁ piyāppiyaṁ,\nPiyamhi sadde na samucchito siyā;\nAthoppiye dosagataṁ vinodaye,\nNa cāppiyaṁ meti manaṁ padosaye.","en":"When you’ve heard sounds both liked and disliked,\ndon’t fall under the thrall of sounds you like,\ndispel hate for the unliked,\nand don’t hurt your mind by thinking of what you don’t like."}},{"id":"sn35.94:6","sourceIds":["sn35.94:6.1","sn35.94:6.2","sn35.94:6.3","sn35.94:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Gandhañca ghatvā surabhiṁ manoramaṁ,\nAthopi ghatvā asuciṁ akantiyaṁ;\nAkantiyasmiṁ paṭighaṁ vinodaye,\nChandānunīto na ca kantiye siyā.","en":"When you’ve smelled a pleasant, fragrant scent,\nand one that’s foul and unpleasant,\ndispel aversion for the unpleasant,\nwhile not yielding to desire for the pleasant."}},{"id":"sn35.94:7","sourceIds":["sn35.94:7.1","sn35.94:7.2","sn35.94:7.3","sn35.94:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Rasañca bhotvāna asāditañca sāduṁ,\nAthopi bhotvāna asādumekadā;\nSāduṁ rasaṁ nājjhosāya bhuñje,\nVirodhamāsādusu nopadaṁsaye.","en":"When you’ve enjoyed a sweet, delicious taste,\nand sometimes those that are bitter,\ndon’t be attached to enjoying sweet tastes,\nand don’t despise the bitter."}},{"id":"sn35.94:8","sourceIds":["sn35.94:8.1","sn35.94:8.2","sn35.94:8.3","sn35.94:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Phassena phuṭṭho na sukhena majje,\nDukkhena phuṭṭhopi na sampavedhe;\nPhassadvayaṁ sukhadukkhe upekkhe,\nAnānuruddho aviruddha kenaci.","en":"Don’t be intoxicated by a pleasant touch,\nand don’t tremble at a painful touch.\nLook with equanimity at the duality of pleasant and painful contacts,\nwithout favoring or opposing anything."}},{"id":"sn35.94:9","sourceIds":["sn35.94:9.1","sn35.94:9.2","sn35.94:9.3","sn35.94:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Papañcasaññā itarītarā narā,\nPapañcayantā upayanti saññino;\nManomayaṁ gehasitañca sabbaṁ,\nPanujja nekkhammasitaṁ irīyati.","en":"People generally let their perceptions proliferate;\nperceiving and proliferating, they are attracted.\nCasting aside all mental constructions of the domestic life,\nwander intent on renunciation."}},{"id":"sn35.94:10","sourceIds":["sn35.94:10.1","sn35.94:10.2","sn35.94:10.3","sn35.94:10.4","sn35.94:10.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ mano chassu yadā subhāvito,\nPhuṭṭhassa cittaṁ na vikampate kvaci;\nTe rāgadose abhibhuyya bhikkhavo,\nBhavattha jātimaraṇassa pāragā”ti.\nPaṭhamaṁ.","en":"When the mind is well developed like this regarding the six,\nit doesn’t waver at contacts at all.\nMendicants, those who have mastered greed and hate\ngo beyond birth and death.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn35.94/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}