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- suttas - - evening talks - short morning talks - lectures - guided meditations - talk collections - other themes - chants - - - - à¹à¸à¸¢ - Franā§ais - Espaā±ol - - Portuguāªs - Ð ÑÑÑÐºÐ¸Ð¹ - - - Ð£ÐºÑÐ°ÑÐ½ÑÑÐºÐ° Submit Search - Home - Suttas - SN - SN 35:127 About Bhṅradvṅja ## Browse Suttas Go to Saṃyutta Nikṅya index SN index ## About Bhṅradvṅja Bhṅradvṅja Sutta Â (SNÂ 35:127) On one occasion Ven. Piṃṇola Bhṅradvṅja was staying near Kosambī at Ghositaâs monastery. Then King Udena went to him and, on arrival, exchanged courteous greetings with him. After this exchange of friendly greetings & courtesies, the king sat to one side. As he was sitting there he said to Ven. Piṃṇola Bhṅradvṅja: "What is the reason, Master Bhṅradvṅja, what is the cause why young monks—black-haired, endowed with the blessings of youth in the first stage of life—without having played with sensuality nevertheless follow the lifelong celibate life, perfect & pure, and make it last their entire lives?" "Great king, this was said by the Blessed One who knows & sees, worthy & rightly self-awakened: ), # Right single quote ('â', Come now, monks: with regard to women who are old enough to be your mother, establish the attitude you would have toward your mother. With regard to women who are old enough to be your sister, establish the attitude youâd have toward a sister. With regard to women who are young enough to be your daughter, establish the attitude youâd have toward a daughter.â This is one reason, this is one cause, great king, why young monks—black-haired, endowed with the blessings of youth in the first stage of life—without having played with sensuality nevertheless follow the lifelong celibate life, perfect & pure, and make it last their entire lives." "The mind is unruly, Master Bhṅradvṅja. Sometimes thoughts of greed arise even for women who are old enough to be your motherâ¦ your sisterâ¦ young enough to be your daughter. Is there another reason, another cause, why young monksâ¦ without having played with sensuality nevertheless follow the lifelong celibate life, perfect & pure, and make it last their entire lives?" "Great king, this was said by the Blessed One who knows & sees, worthy & rightly self-awakened: ), # Right single quote ('â', Come now, monks: reflect on this very body, from the soles of the feet on up, from the crown of the head on down, surrounded by skin, full of all sorts of unclean things: "In this body there are head hairs, body hairs, nails, teeth, skin, flesh, tendons, bones, bone marrow, kidneys, heart, liver, pleura, spleen, lungs, large intestines, small intestines, gorge, feces, bile, phlegm, pus, blood, sweat, fat, tears, skin-oil, saliva, mucus, fluid in the joints, urine."â This too is a reason, this too is a cause, great king, why young monks—black-haired, endowed with the blessings of youth in the first stage of life—without having played with sensuality nevertheless follow the lifelong celibate life, perfect & pure, and make it last their entire lives." "For those who are developed in body,1 developed in virtue, developed in mind, developed in discernment, Master Bhṅradvṅja, that isnât hard to do. But for those who are undeveloped in body, undeveloped in virtue, undeveloped in mind, undeveloped in discernment, that is hard to do. Sometimes when one thinks, ), # Right single quote ('â', Letâs regard this as unattractive,â it actually comes to be attractive. Is there another reason, another cause, why young monksâ¦ without having played with sensuality nevertheless follow the lifelong celibate life, perfect & pure, and make it last their entire lives?" "Great king, this was said by the Blessed One who knows & sees, worthy & rightly self-awakened: ), # Right single quote ('â', Come now, monks: Keep guarding the doors to your sense faculties. On seeing a form with the eye, do not grasp at any theme or variations by which—if you were to dwell without restraint over the faculty of the eye—evil, unskillful qualities such as greed or distress might assail you. Practice with restraint. Guard the faculty of the eye. Achieve restraint with regard to the faculty of the eye. "), # Right single quote ('â', On hearing a sound with the earâ¦ "), # Right single quote ('â', On smelling an aroma with the noseâ¦ "), # Right single quote ('â', On tasting a flavor with the tongueâ¦ "), # Right single quote ('â', On feeling a tactile sensation with the bodyâ¦ "), # Right single quote ('â', On cognizing an idea with the intellect, do not grasp at any theme or variations by which—if you were to dwell without restraint over the faculty of the intellect—evil, unskillful qualities such as greed or distress might assail you. Practice with restraint. Guard the faculty of the intellect. Achieve restraint with regard to the faculty of the intellect.â "This too is a reason, this too is a cause, great king, why young monks—black-haired, endowed with the blessings of youth in the first stage of life—without having played with s