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… behaviour distinguish the fourfold purity of virtue (rule of the order, sense doors, livelihood, use of requisites) say what the thirteen ascetic practices are and what …

… It is separation from wise attentiveness through not closing the six sense doors. These three constitute 'non-dignity'. This is called the 'salient characteristic of virtue'. 1, …

… vīthi is the interruption of this stream by an object. The full sense-door process (at the eye, for a "very strong" object) — exactly 17 moments: …

… result 27 Santīraṇa (somanassa) Investigating with joy, wholesome result Functional (3) 28 Pañcadvārāvajjana Five-door adverting (the switch of attention) 29 Manodvārāvajjana Mind-door adverting and determining (votthapana) …

… the change lies in the object, not in the light Image: the doorsill Essence · Sources · KNOWLEDGE / GUESS 1 — Where the threshold lies: …

… vā passati vā passissati vā passe vā, cakkhumpetaṁ cakkhāyatanampetaṁ cakkhudhātupesā cakkhundriyaṁpetaṁ lokopeso dvārāpesā samuddopeso paṇḍaraṁpetaṁ khettampetaṁ vatthuṁpetaṁ nettampetaṁ nayanaṁpetaṁ orimaṁ tīraṁpetaṁ suñño gāmopeso— idaṁ taṁ rūpaṁ …

… certain newly-arrived monk lifted the latch of an unoccupied dwelling, opened the door, and entered hastily. A snake fell from above the door frame onto his …

… katvā yena sakaṁ nivesanaṁ tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā dovārikaṁ āmantesi: “ajjatagge, samma dovārika, āvarāmi dvāraṁ nigaṇṭhānaṁ nigaṇṭhīnaṁ, anāvaṭaṁ dvāraṁ bhagavato bhikkhūnaṁ bhikkhunīnaṁ upāsakānaṁ upāsikānaṁ. Sace koci nigaṇṭho āgacchati …

… parikkhitto ca. Yasmiṁ ghare cīvaraṁ nikkhittaṁ hoti tasmiṁ ghare vatthabbaṁ sabhāye vā dvāramūle vā, hatthapāsā vā na vijahitabbaṁ. Sabhāyaṁ gacchantena hatthapāse cīvaraṁ nikkhipitvā sabhāye vā vatthabbaṁ …

… the Magadhans, An impure teaching appeared, conceived by defiled people. Open this door to the freedom from death! Let them hear the Teaching, discovered by the …

… he sees a regular monk. He shouldn’t dismiss a regular monk, whether indoors or outdoors. He shouldn’t cancel the observance-day ceremony of a regular monk. He …

… replied. The Buddha said this: “Mendicants, suppose there were two houses with doors. A person with clear eyes standing in between them would see humans entering …

… te bhikkhū appicchā …pe… te ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti— “kathañhi nāma bhikkhu adinnaṁ mukhadvāraṁ āhāraṁ āharissatī”ti …pe… “saccaṁ kira tvaṁ, bhikkhu, adinnaṁ mukhadvāraṁ āhāraṁ āharasī”ti? “Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti. …

… nissesaṁ samādāya vattati. Tena vuccati “samādāya sikkhati sikkhāpadesū”ti. “Indriyesu guttadvāro”ti atthi indriyesu guttadvāratā, atthi aguttadvāratā. Tattha katamā indriyesu aguttadvāratā? Idhekacco cakkhunā rūpaṁ disvā nimittaggāhī hoti anubyañjanaggāhī. …

… sāketaṁ satta rathavinītāni upaṭṭhapeyyuṁ. Atha kho, āvuso, rājā pasenadi kosalo sāvatthiyā nikkhamitvā antepuradvārā paṭhamaṁ rathavinītaṁ abhiruheyya, paṭhamena rathavinītena dutiyaṁ rathavinītaṁ pāpuṇeyya, paṭhamaṁ rathavinītaṁ vissajjeyya dutiyaṁ rathavinītaṁ …

… do? You should train yourselves like this: ‘We will restrain our sense doors. When we see a sight with our eyes, we won’t get caught up …

… consciousness arises?” “It is because of inclination, your majesty, and because of door, of habit, and of practice.” “How is it, Venerable Nāgasena, that because of …

Catudvārajātaka Catudvāravagga 1. Catudvārajātaka “Catudvāramidaṁ nagaraṁ, āyasaṁ daḷhapākāraṁ; Oruddhapaṭiruddhosmi, kiṁ pāpaṁ pakataṁ mayā”. “Sabbe …

… had dwellings built with care. But because the dwellings did not have doors, snakes, scorpions, and centipedes came inside. They told the Buddha. “I allow doors.” …

… ca. Idhekacco paṭisanthārako hoti āmisapaṭisanthārena vā dhammapaṭisanthārena vā— ayaṁ vuccati paṭisanthāro. 2.3.3.27. Indriyesuaguttadvāratāduka Tattha katamā indriyesu aguttadvāratā? Idhekacco cakkhunā rūpaṁ disvā nimittaggāhī hoti anubyañjanaggāhī. Yatvādhikaraṇamenaṁ cakkhundriyaṁ …

… pāpamittatāya samannāgato puggalo “pāpamitto”. Katamo ca puggalo indriyesu aguttadvāro? Tattha katamā indriyesu aguttadvāratā? Idhekacco puggalo cakkhunā rūpaṁ disvā nimittaggāhī hoti anubyañjanaggāhī; yatvādhikaraṇamenaṁ cakkhundriyaṁ asaṁvutaṁ viharantaṁ abhijjhādomanassā …

… of retreat and went to the assembly hall. He stood outside the door waiting for the talk to end. When he knew the talk had ended …

… evasion, complaining, Bed, and it is called bedding; Before, throwing out, detachable, Door, and containing living beings. Not appointed, set, Dwelling place, and worldly gain; Should …

… vā passati vā passissati vā passe vā, cakkhumpetaṁ cakkhāyatanampetaṁ cakkhudhātupesā cakkhundriyampetaṁ lokopeso dvārāpesā samuddopeso paṇḍarampetaṁ khettampetaṁ vatthumpetaṁ nettampetaṁ nayanampetaṁ orimaṁ tīrampetaṁ suñño gāmopeso. Idaṁ vuccati “cakkhāyatanaṁ”. …

… such gentlemen.” They said to Ambaṭṭha, “Ambaṭṭha, that’s his dwelling, with the door closed. Approach it quietly, without hurrying; go onto the porch, clear your throat, …

… of ivory; in the crystal chamber a couch of hardwood. At the door of the golden chamber stood a palm tree of silver, with trunk of …

… in the hermitage talking about the teaching. The Buddha stood outside the door waiting for the talk to end. When he knew the talk had ended …

… across eleven entrances! In the same way, I was searching for the door to freedom from death. And all at once I found eleven doors to …

… dānapati dānassa vaṇṇavādī. Dānaṁ dassāmāti vadante kinti vadeyyan’ti? So khvāhaṁ, bhante, paṭhamaṁ dvāraṁ itthāgārassa adāsiṁ. Tattha itthāgārassa dānaṁ dīyittha; mama dānaṁ paṭikkami. Atha kho maṁ, bhante, …

… restless, insolent, fickle, scurrilous, and loose-tongued. They do not guard their sense doors or eat in moderation, and they are not dedicated to wakefulness. They don’t …

… Atha kho mahāpajāpatī gotamī sūnehi pādehi rajokiṇṇena gattena dukkhī dummanā assumukhī rudamānā bahidvārakoṭṭhake aṭṭhāsi. Addasā kho āyasmā ānando mahāpajāpatiṁ gotamiṁ sūnehi pādehi rajokiṇṇena gattena dukkhiṁ dummanaṁ …

… across eleven entrances! In the same way, I was searching for the door to freedom from death. And all at once I found eleven doors to …

… yakkhaṁ nayāmase. Imaṁ yakkhaṁ gahetvāna, Sādhukena pasayha vā; Yānaṁ āropayitvāna, Khippaṁ gacchāma dvārakan”ti. “Yassa rukkhassa chāyāya, nisīdeyya sayeyya vā; Na tassa sākhaṁ bhañjeyya, mittadubbho hi pāpako”ti. …

… Katamesaṁ kusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ? Sammāpaṭipadāya anulomapaṭipadāya apaccanīkapaṭipadāya aviruddhapaṭipadāya anvatthapaṭipadāya dhammānudhammapaṭipadāya sīlesu paripūrakāritāya indriyesu guttadvāratāya bhojane mattaññutāya jāgariyānuyogassa satisampajaññassa catunnaṁ satipaṭṭhānānaṁ bhāvanānuyogassa catunnaṁ sammappadhānānaṁ catunnaṁ iddhipādānaṁ pañcannaṁ indriyānaṁ …

… arahantesu sammāsambuddhesu padesato paccekasambuddhesu padesato sāvakesu. Iriyāpathacariyā ca paṇidhisampannānaṁ, āyatanacariyā ca indriyesu guttadvārānaṁ, saticariyā ca appamādavihārīnaṁ, samādhicariyā ca adhicittamanuyuttānaṁ, ñāṇacariyā ca buddhisampannānaṁ, maggacariyā ca sammāpaṭipannānaṁ, patticariyā …

Atthassadvārajātaka Apāyimhavagga 4. Atthassadvārajātaka “Ārogyamicche paramañca lābhaṁ, Sīlañca vuddhānumataṁ sutañca; Dhammānuvattī ca alīnatā ca, …

… viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tena kho pana samayena chabbaggiyā bhikkhū anāhaṭe kabaḷe mukhadvāraṁ vivaranti …pe…. “Na anāhaṭe kabaḷe mukhadvāraṁ vivarissāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti. Na anāhaṭe kabaḷe mukhadvāraṁ …

… this, they complained and criticized them, “These Sakyan monastics are hoarding goods indoors, just like King Seniya Bimbisāra of Magadha!” The monks heard the complaints of …

… Atha kho mahāpajāpati gotamī sūnehi pādehi rajokiṇṇena gattena dukkhī dummanā assumukhī rudamānā bahidvārakoṭṭhake aṭṭhāsi. Addasā kho āyasmā ānando mahāpajāpatiṁ gotamiṁ sūnehi pādehi rajokiṇṇena gattena dukkhiṁ dummanaṁ …

… ca. (<b>1348</b>) Soraccañca. (<b>1349</b>) 26. Sākhalyaduka Sākhalyañca. (<b>1350</b>) Paṭisanthāro ca. (<b>1351</b>) 27. Indriyesuaguttadvāratāduka Indriyesuaguttadvāratā ca. (<b>1352</b>) Bhojane amattaññutā ca. (<b>1353</b>) 28. Indriyesuguttadvāratāduka Indriyesu guttadvāratā ca. (<b>1354</b>) …

… a water-boiling shed, a food-storage hut, a restroom, a walking-meditation path, an indoor walking-meditation path, a well, a well house, a sauna, a sauna shed, a …

… of the threshing-hut and was walking mindfully in the open near the door of the hut. Then having left that crowd, a certain person approached me, …

… restless, insolent, fickle, scurrilous, and loose-tongued. They do not guard their sense doors or eat in moderation, and they are not dedicated to wakefulness. They don’t …

… past an impure teaching thought up by the stained. Fling open the door to freedom from death! Let them hear the teaching <j>the immaculate one discovered. …

… doubts about the teachings.’” “That’s how it is, mendicant, when your sense doors are unguarded, you eat too much, you’re not dedicated to wakefulness, you’re unable …

5. Dvārapālavimānavatthu Mahārathavagga 5. Dvārapālavimānavatthu “Uccamidaṁ maṇithūṇaṁ vimānaṁ, Samantato dvādasa yojanāni; Kūṭāgārā sattasatā uḷārā, Veḷuriyathambhā …

… rājā balavā, niggaṇhitvā parantape; Vijinitvāna saṅgāmaṁ, nagaraṁ tattha māpaye. Pākāraṁ parikhañcāpi, esikaṁ dvārakoṭṭhakaṁ; Aṭṭālake ca vividhe, kāraye nagare bahū. Siṅghāṭakaṁ caccarañca, suvibhattantarāpaṇaṁ; Kārayeyya sabhaṁ tattha, atthānatthavinicchayaṁ. …

… Jahitvā mānusaṁ dehaṁ, tāvatiṁsamagacchahaṁ. Punāhaṁ bārāṇasiyaṁ, rājā hutvā mahāyaso; Sattukassa tadā duṭṭho, dvārarodhamakārayiṁ. Tadā tapassino ruddhā, ekāhaṁ rakkhitā ahuṁ; Tato tassa vipākena, pāpatiṁ nirayaṁ bhusaṁ. Pacchime …

… Katamesaṁ kusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ? Sammāpaṭipadāya anulomapaṭipadāya apaccanīkapaṭipadāya aviruddhapaṭipadāya anvatthapaṭipadāya dhammānudhammapaṭipadāya sīlesu paripūrakāritāya indriyesu guttadvāratāya bhojane mattaññutāya jāgariyānuyogassa satisampajaññassa catunnaṁ satipaṭṭhānānaṁ bhāvanānuyogassa catunnaṁ sammappadhānānaṁ catunnaṁ iddhipādānaṁ pañcannaṁ indriyānaṁ …

… bāhiravatthukā taṇhā ca diṭṭhi ca, ayaṁ bahijaṭā. Yathā devatā bhagavantaṁ pucchati “catucakkaṁ navadvāran”ti gāthā. Tattha bhagavā visajjeti “chetvā naddhiṁ varattaṁ cā”ti gāthā, idaṁ bhagavā dukkhanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ …

… window. Even so, venerable sir, this soul within looks out of whatever door it wishes to look out of.” The elder said: “I will talk to …

… rañño cakkavattissa madhuṁ vā madhupiṇḍikaṁ vā aññaṁ vā upāyanaṁ abhihareyya, tamenaṁ rañño dvārapālo evaṁ vadeyya ‘akālo, bho, ayaṁ rañño dassanāya, tena hi, bho, tava upāyanaṁ gahetvā …

… paccekā soḷasussadā. Kadariyatāpanā ghorā, accimanto mahabbhayā; Lomahaṁsanarūpā ca, bhesmā paṭibhayā dukhā. Catukkaṇṇā catudvārā, vibhattā bhāgaso mitā; Ayopākārapariyantā, ayasā paṭikujjitā. Tesaṁ ayomayā bhūmi, jalitā tejasā yutā; Samantā …

… parakulagamanasīlā ca hoti, ādāsadussamaṇḍanānuyogamanuyuttasīlā ca hoti, majjapāyinī ca hoti, nillokanasīlā ca hoti, sadvāraṭhāyinī ca hoti— imehi khalu, samma puṇṇamukha, navahi ṭhānehi itthī padosamāharatīti. Bhavati ca panuttarettha …

… Passa senaṁ mahabbhayaṁ; Senakaṁ dāni pucchāmi, Kiṁ kiccaṁ idha maññasi”. “Aggiṁ vā dvārato dema, gaṇhāmase vikantanaṁ; Aññamaññaṁ vadhitvāna, khippaṁ hissāma jīvitaṁ; Mā no rājā brahmadatto, ciraṁ …

… They turned away, took a different path, ran off, and closed their doors. They even ran away when they saw cows, thinking they were monks. Just …

… or three layers of roofing material, taking it as far as the doorcase and using it for fixing the door and for treating the window openings. …

… a nun: to another nun. A dwelling place: one that has a door is what is meant. Gives: she gives it herself. In anger: discontent, having …

… ruin my career. Let me announce that I’m sick.” She told her doorman, “Don’t allow any man to enter. If anyone asks for me, tell them …

… or three layers of roofing material, taking it as far as the doorcase and using it for fixing the door and for treating the window openings. …

… or three layers of roofing material, taking it as far as the doorcase and using it for fixing the door and for treating the window openings. …

… ca anajjavo ca amaddavo ca akkhanti ca asoraccañca asākhalyañca appaṭisanthāro ca indriyesu aguttadvāratā ca bhojane amattaññutā ca muṭṭhassaccañca asampajaññañca sīlavipatti ca diṭṭhivipatti ca ajjhattasaṁyojanañca bahiddhāsaṁyojanañca. Dukaṁ. …

… Sakyan: “Mahānāma, a noble disciple is accomplished in ethics, guards the sense doors, eats in moderation, and is dedicated to wakefulness. They have seven good qualities, …

… relevant, so that sensible people can know it for themselves; and the doors to freedom from death are flung open,’ it’s this. For the teaching is …

… lack of situational awareness. Mindfulness and situational awareness. Not guarding the sense doors and eating too much. Guarding the sense doors and moderation in eating. The …

… I want to see him.” “Great king, that’s his dwelling, with the door closed. Approach it quietly, without hurrying; go onto the porch, clear your throat, …

… conduct, the Realized One guides them further: ‘Come, mendicant, guard your sense doors. When you see a sight with your eyes, don’t get caught up in …

… past an impure teaching thought up by the stained. Fling open the door to freedom from death! Let them hear the teaching <j>the immaculate one discovered. …

… nipajji. Rattiyā sudaṁ tikkhattuṁ vuṭṭhāsi pabhātanti maññamāno. Atha kho anāthapiṇḍiko gahapati yena sivathikadvāraṁ tenupasaṅkami. Amanussā dvāraṁ vivariṁsu. Atha kho anāthapiṇḍikassa gahapatissa nagaramhā nikkhamantassa āloko antaradhāyi, andhakāro …

… one with penetrative wisdom’, and also ‘one who stands pressing against the door to freedom from death’. And what is rebirth? … And what is continued …

… life.” “That’s how it is, reverend, when someone doesn’t guard the sense doors, eats too much, and is not committed to wakefulness. It is quite impossible …

… brahmins of old championed ethics and remembered the ancient legends. Their sense doors were guarded, well protected, and they had mastered anger. Those brahmins who remembered …

… nose, tongue, body, or mind.’ That’s why you should live with sense doors guarded. When you see a sight with your eyes, don’t get caught up …

… tathā kho tehi sappurisehi byākataṁ. Seyyathāpi, bhikkhu, rañño paccantimaṁ nagaraṁ daḷhuddhāpaṁ daḷhapākāratoraṇaṁ chadvāraṁ. Tatrassa dovāriko paṇḍito byatto medhāvī, aññātānaṁ nivāretā, ñātānaṁ pavesetā. Puratthimāya disāya āgantvā sīghaṁ …

… me sutaṁ— ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā kosalesu cārikaṁ caramāno mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṁ yena veḷudvāraṁ nāma kosalānaṁ brāhmaṇagāmo tadavasari. Assosuṁ kho te veḷudvāreyyakā brāhmaṇagahapatikā: “samaṇo khalu, bho, gotamo …

… 168 “There are these two things. What two? Not guarding the sense doors and eating too much. These are the two things.” 169 “There are these …

… brāhmaṇagahapatikā tassā rattiyā accayena pahūtaṁ khādanīyaṁ bhojanīyaṁ ādāya yena icchānaṅgalavanasaṇḍo tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā bahidvārakoṭṭhake aṭṭhaṁsu uccāsaddamahāsaddā. Tena kho pana samayena āyasmā nāgito bhagavato upaṭṭhāko hoti. Atha kho …

… five? They relish work, talk, and sleep. They don’t guard the sense doors and they eat too much. These five things lead to the decline of …

… They relish work, talk, sleep, and company. They don’t guard the sense doors, and they eat too much. These six things lead to the decline of …

… brāhmaṇagahapatikā tassā rattiyā accayena pahūtaṁ khādanīyaṁ bhojanīyaṁ ādāya yena icchānaṅgalavanasaṇḍo tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā bahidvārakoṭṭhake aṭṭhaṁsu uccāsaddā mahāsaddā. Tena kho pana samayena āyasmā nāgito bhagavato upaṭṭhāko hoti. Atha …