The Word of the Buddha Control of the Senses

¶ 40Upon seeing a form with the eye, he does not grasp at its prominent features nor is enticed by the details. Since if he were to dwell with the eye faculty unguarded, unwholesome states of craving and distress might invade him. Therefore, he undertakes the restraint of the eye faculty, he guards the eye faculty, and he achieves restraint over the eye faculty. Upon hearing a sound with the ear ... upon smelling an odor with the nose ... upon tasting a flavor with the tongue ... upon touching a tangible object with the body ... upon cognizing a mental object with the mind, he does not grasp at its prominent features nor is enticed by the details. Since if he were to dwell with the mind faculty unguarded, unwholesome states of craving and distress might invade him. Therefore, he undertakes the restraint of the mind faculty, he guards the mind faculty, and he achieves restraint over the mind faculty. Endowed with this noble aggregate of restraint of the senses, he personally experiences blameless happiness within.