Parent:: [[Paticca-samuppada|Paṭicca-samuppāda]]
Related:: [[Indriya Samvara]], [[Kama|Kāma]]
# Āyatana / Saḷāyatana (6 Sense Homes)
> [!NOTE]
> - ***Āyatana*** = **Home**
> - ***Saḷāyatana*** = "Homes" of the 6 senses
## Lay life / Worldly (Gehasitāni, for [[Puthujjana]])
![[MN137 Saḷāyatanavibhaṅgasutta#^worldly-happiness-and-sadness]]
![[MN137 Saḷāyatanavibhaṅgasutta#^worldly-equanimity]]
## [[Indriya Samvara|Guarding the Sense doors]]
![[MN53 Sekhasutta#^indriya-samvara]]
## Ceasing of 6 Senses
![[Paticca-samuppada#When Ayatana 6 Senses ceases, Dukkha Suffering ceases]]
## Suttas
- [[MN148 Chachakkasutta]]
- [[MN137 Saḷāyatanavibhaṅgasutta]]
- [[SN35.238 Āsīvisopamasutta]]
- Simile of the 6 senses being an "Empty village"