Saṁyutta Nikāya — Discursos Conectados — 35.94 — Untamed, Unguarded

1At Sāvatthī.

2“Mendicants, these six fields of contact bring suffering when they’re untamed, unguarded, unprotected, and unrestrained. What six?

3The field of eye contact brings suffering when it’s untamed, unguarded, unprotected, and unrestrained.

4The field of ear contact … nose contact … tongue contact … body contact …

5The field of mind contact brings suffering when it’s untamed, unguarded, unprotected, and unrestrained.

6These six fields of contact bring suffering when they’re untamed, unguarded, unprotected, and unrestrained.

7These six fields of contact bring happiness when they’re well tamed, well guarded, well protected, and well restrained. What six?

8The field of eye contact brings happiness when it’s well tamed, well guarded, well protected, and well restrained.

9The field of ear contact … nose contact … tongue contact … body contact …

10The field of mind contact brings happiness when it’s well tamed, well guarded, well protected, and well restrained.

11These six fields of contact bring happiness when they’re well tamed, well guarded, well protected, and well restrained.”

12That is what the Buddha said. Then the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say:

13“Mendicants, it’s just the six fields of contact
that lead the unrestrained to suffering.
Those who understand how to restrain them
live with faith as partner, not festering.

14When you’ve seen pleasant sights
and unpleasant ones, too,
dispel all manner of desire for the pleasant,
without hating what you don’t like.

15When 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.

16When you’ve smelled a pleasant, fragrant scent,
and one that’s foul and unpleasant,
dispel aversion for the unpleasant,
while not yielding to desire for the pleasant.

17When you’ve enjoyed a sweet, delicious taste,
and sometimes those that are bitter,
don’t be attached to enjoying sweet tastes,
and don’t despise the bitter.

18Don’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.

19People generally let their perceptions proliferate;
perceiving and proliferating, they are attracted.
Casting aside all mental constructions <j>of the domestic life,
wander intent on renunciation.

20When the mind is well developed like this <j>regarding the six,
it doesn’t waver at contacts at all.
Mendicants, those who have mastered greed and hate
go beyond birth and death.”