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10 discourses
Synonyms: unguarded in sense faculties, not watching the sense doors, grasping at prominent features or details of sense objects, Supported by:{negligence}, Leads to:{adventurous, discontentment} Pāli term: asaṁvara, asaṁyama

In As It Was Said (Itivuttaka)

A person endowed with the two qualities of guarding the sense doors and moderation in eating lives with discontentedness in this very life and after death, a bad destination is expected.

The Buddha describes the two behaviors that lead to suffering and rebirth in hell if not abandoned.

The Buddha describes the three kinds of misconduct - by body, speech and mind.

The Buddha explains how the livelihood of subsisting on alms, although an extreme of livelihoods, is a sensible choice for those who hope to discern a complete end to the entire mass of suffering.

In Linked Discourses (Saṃyutta Nikāya)

A deity asks the Buddha what wears out and what does not decay, what is the wrong way, what is the stain on the spiritual life, and what are the six fissures in the world where one's wealth does not last.

The Buddha declares one who dwells negligently and one who dwells diligently through a sequence of arising mental states starting with non-restraint or restraint over the six sense bases.

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.

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