Ganka Mogallanna Sutta

This inspiration points the same way as the Sutta One Fortunate Attachment and encourages us to be open to our experiences, the signs and features being our own likes and dislikes and particular emphases and biases. It is part of a comprehensive training path revealed in the Sutta.

‘Come you monk, be guarded as to the doors of the sense-organs; having seen a material shape with the eye, do not grasp at its signs and features; for if one dwells with the organ of sight uncontrolled, covetousness and dejection, evil, unskillful states of mind, may flow in.

So fare along controlling it, guard the organ of sight, achieve control over the organ of sight. Having heard a sound with the ear…Having smelt a smell with the nose…Having savoured a taste with the tongue…Having felt a touch with the body…Having cognized a mental state with the mind, do not grasp at its signs and features.

For if one dwells with the organ of mind uncontrolled, covetousness and dejection, evil, unskillful states of mind, may flow in. So fare along controlling it; guard the organ of mind, achieve control over the organ of mind.’