11:05 PM
mr.vam
1.
What is the control of sense-faculties (
indriyasamvara) ?
According
to my understanding , indriya-samvara sila where six-indriya means the
'six sense faculties and also known as sense-doors : eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, mind. While a total of 22 indriya, or ‘faculties’, are referred to in Buddhist literature, we are concerned here with the six ‘’sense doors’ – the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body and the mind – through which we experience the external world. To take care of these six senses, we need to be mindfully aware of them so that when any of them come into contact with an object – whether a vision a sound, a smell, a taste, touch or a thought – we are not overcome with desire or aversion, which leads to the arising of negative thoughts and actions. In other words, we should try to cultivate awareness in our daily lives of what our body is doing, what we are seeing or hearing and how our mind is reacting so that we are able to identify our sense-responses leading to better decisions.
'six sense faculties and also known as sense-doors : eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, mind. While a total of 22 indriya, or ‘faculties’, are referred to in Buddhist literature, we are concerned here with the six ‘’sense doors’ – the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body and the mind – through which we experience the external world. To take care of these six senses, we need to be mindfully aware of them so that when any of them come into contact with an object – whether a vision a sound, a smell, a taste, touch or a thought – we are not overcome with desire or aversion, which leads to the arising of negative thoughts and actions. In other words, we should try to cultivate awareness in our daily lives of what our body is doing, what we are seeing or hearing and how our mind is reacting so that we are able to identify our sense-responses leading to better decisions.
The term is often found in Buddhist texts as indriya
samvara sila and as such this wise habit means self-control of the senses
in order to live a more virtuous life. The senses of indriya-samvara-síla síla
is connected to síla (morality virtue) as mean point
to control or mind in six faculties .indriya-samvara is also connected
to sati-sampajanna and satipatthana in virtuous persons. Here, I see
indriya-samvara connected to indriya-bhavanaa through kayagatasati. Without
mindfulness, there is no any restraint or intention to be successful of this
six sense doors.
When
a person whose mindfulness immersed in the body is developed and pursued, the
eyes, the ears, the nose, the tongue, the body and the mind do not pull toward
pleasing forms and unpleasing forms are not repellent. Practicing indriya-samvara is to use our powers of observation
and evaluation to see the results that come from looking and listening in a
mindful way. So that indriya-samvara will
become a wise habit for life for all practiceners.
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