Early Monastic Buddhism v1.c16.13

v1.c16.13

Next to the observance of the general moral laws and Pātimokkha rules, it is enjoined that a monk must be so restrained in his organs of sense that although these may be functioning as usual the mind of the bhikkhu will not be swayed by the characteristics or the qualities, whether good or bad, of the things seen, heard, smelt, felt or tasted.¹