sn35.132:13.1 You also spoke of someone who does guard the sense doors.
sn35.132:13.2 How do you define someone who does guard the sense doors?”
sn35.132:13.3 “Brahmin, take a mendicant who sees a sight with their eyes. If it’s pleasant they don’t hold on to it, and if it’s unpleasant they don’t dislike it. They live with mindfulness of the body established and a limitless heart.
sn35.132:13.4 And they truly understand the freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom where those arisen bad, unskillful qualities cease without remainder.
sn35.132:13.5 When they hear a sound with their ears …
sn35.132:13.6 When they smell an odor with their nose …
sn35.132:13.7 When they taste a flavor with their tongue …
sn35.132:13.8 When they feel a touch with their body …
sn35.132:13.9 When they know an idea with their mind, if it’s pleasant they don’t hold on to it, and if it’s unpleasant they don’t dislike it. They live with mindfulness of the body established and a limitless heart.
sn35.132:13.10 And they truly understand the freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom where those arisen bad, unskillful qualities cease without remainder.
sn35.132:13.11 That’s how someone guards the sense doors.”