Parent:: [[Carana|Caraṇa]] Related:: [[Ayatana|Āyatana]], [[Kamacchanda]] # Indriya Saṁvarā / Indriya Bhāvanā (Guarding the Sense doors) ## Indriya Saṁvarā ![[MN53 Sekhasutta#^indriya-samvara]] ## Indriya Bhāvanā (Meditation on the 6 senses) ![[MN152 Indriyabhāvanāsutta#^liking-disliking-upekkha]] ![[MN152 Indriyabhāvanāsutta#^attiyati-sutta]] ![[MN152 Indriyabhāvanāsutta#^attiyati-meaning]] ## Reads - [Restraint of the Senses (With Each & Every Breath)](https://www.dhammatalks.org/books/WithEachAndEveryBreath/Section0006.html#sigil_toc_id_45) (By [[Thanissaro Bhikkhu]]) - **(BEST)** [The Skill of Restraint](https://www.dhammatalks.org/books/Meditations4/Section0019.html) (by [[Thanissaro Bhikkhu]]) ([Evernote](evernote:///view/376587/s5/69939a8f-d9b5-42d5-9920-8973060708e2/ae04f09e-defa-4ae5-8bea-dcef27a08bd5)) ## Videos - **(Best)** (2023-11-08) How to guard the sense doors? ([Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0Jk2yF9z-0)) ## Suttas - [[MN152 Indriyabhāvanāsutta]] ([MN152](https://suttacentral.net/mn152/en/sujato)) - SN46.6 Kuṇḍaliyasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/sn46.6/en/sujato)) - [[MN53 Sekhasutta]] - SN35.120 Sāriputtasaddhivihārikasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/sn35.120/en/sujato)) - Gives details on moderation in eating, and practicing wakefulness - [[MN148 Chachakkasutta]] - [[Thag16.2 Pārāpariyattheragāthā]]