Friends:

Self-Control means Guarding the 6 Senses!

The Blessed Buddha once said:
Bhikkhus by possessing 3 qualities, one lives this life full of pleasure & joy!
Furthermore, one has thereby prepared for the elimination of the subtle mental fermentations...

What are these 3 advantageous qualities?
I: One guards the doors of the senses,
II: One is moderate in eating, and
III: One is devoted to wakefulness...

How, Bhikkhus, is a Bhikkhu devoted to wakefulness?
During daytime, while doing either walking or sitting meditation, a Bhikkhu purifies his mind of detrimental states.

In the 1st watch of the night, while walking back & forth & sitting, he also purifies mind of obstructive states!

In the middle watch of the night, he lies down on the right side in the lion's posture, with one foot lying upon the other, aware & clearly comprehending, determining when to rise again.

After rising, in the last watch of the night, while walking back & forth and sitting, he cleans out any disadvantageous mental states again.

It is in this way, Bhikkhus, that a true Bhikkhu is fully devoted to wakefulness! Bhikkhus, it is by possessing these three qualities, that a Bhikkhu lives full of happiness and Joy in this very life, and that he has prepared for the final destruction of the mental fermentations...

When have you last been Wide Awake before Sunrise?

The 3 first Basics of Self-Control:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Guarding_the_Senses.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Moderate_in_Eating.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Devoted_to_Wakefulness.htm

Sit up! Rise Up! Let not the King of Death find you sloppy!

Source (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikāya. Book IV [176-7]
Section 35: The 6 Senses. Salayatana. The Horse-Wagon. Rato 239.
http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=948507
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/samyutta/index.html

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