[ The Pupils of the Brahman Lohicca abused the Ven. Kaccaana the Great ( Mahaa-Kaccaana. ) He addressed them in these verses :]
[ Lohicca goes angrily to see the Ven. Kaccaana, who confirms what he has said. Then Lohicca asks :] "You said 'with sense-doors unguarded,' Venerable Kaccaana. In what way is one 'with sense-doors unguarded'?"
"In this case, Brahman, someone, seeing objects with the eye, is attracted to things that are pleasing, and repelled by things that are unpleasing. He dwells without mindfulness and his mind is restricted. He does not experience the emancipation of the heart through wisdom. And so those evil and unwholesome states do not cease without remainder. Hearing a sound..., smelling a scent..., tasting a flavor..., touching an object..., cognizing a mind-object..., he is attracted by things that are pleasing, and repelled by things that are unpleasing... And so those evil and unwholesome states do not cease without remainder. That is how one is 'with sense-doors unguarded.' Now in what way is one 'with sense-doors guarded?'
"In this case, Brahman, a monk, seeing objects with the eye, is not attracted to things that are pleasing and not repelled by things that are unpleasing. He dwells with mindfulness present, and his mind is unbounded. Thus he experiences the emancipation of the heart through wisdom and so those evil and unwholesome states that arise cease without remainder.
[ Likewise for sounds, smells, flavors, tangibles and mind-objects. ] "In this way one is 'with sense-doors guarded.'"
[ Lohicca becomes a lay-follower. ]