[130] Bhikkhus,
"There are just six bases of contact (phassāyatana),
where one unrestrained comes to suffering (dukkha);
but those who have understood the restraint of them
dwell with faith (saddhā) as their companion, uncorrupted (anavassutā).
Having seen agreeable forms (rūpa),
and having seen disagreeable ones as well,
one should dispel the path of lust regarding the agreeable,
and should not corrupt the mind, thinking, 'It is displeasing to me.'
And having heard sounds both pleasing and displeasing,
one should not be infatuated with a pleasing sound;
and one should dispel hatred regarding the displeasing,
and should not corrupt the mind, thinking, 'It is displeasing to me.'
And having smelled a fragrant, agreeable scent,
and having smelled as well one foul and unwanted,
one should dispel aversion regarding the unwanted,
and should not be led along by desire for the wanted.
And having tasted a delicious flavor, though slight,
and at times having tasted what is not delicious,
one should not partake of the delicious flavor with attachment,
nor should one display resistance regarding what is not delicious.
Touched by pleasant contact, one should not be intoxicated,
nor tremble when touched by the painful;
one should regard with equanimity both contacts, pleasant and painful,
neither attracted nor repelled by anything.
People of the common sort, holding perceptions of proliferation (papañca),
proliferating, they carry on, beings of perception (saññā);
but having dispelled all that is mind-made and bound up with the household life,
one moves on toward what is bound up with renunciation (nekkhamma).
When the mind (citta) is thus well developed with regard to the six,
then, if touched, the mind does not waver anywhere.
Having vanquished lust and hatred, bhikkhus,
be ones gone beyond birth and death!"
The First.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.