Non-restraint ☁️ dark
4 discourses
Synonyms:
unguarded in sense faculties, not watching the sense doors, grasping at prominent features or details of sense objects
Pāli term:
asaṃvara
In Linked Discourses (Saṃyutta Nikāya)
The Buddha explains how there is non-restraint and restraint with a simile of six animals with different domains and feeding grounds. He uses strong post or pillar as a designation for mindfulness directed to the body.
In Numerical Discourses (Aṅguttara Nikāya)
Short teachings contrasting the untamed and the tamed mind.
The Buddha explains seven things that lead to the decline of a trainee bhikkhu and seven things that do not.
In Inspired Utterances (Udāna)
The Buddha expresses an inspired utterance about the qualities of a person who falls under the sway of Māra and of one who overcomes all bad destinations.