<p>One cannot avoid contact (described below) hence one cannot ignore the sense doors totally:</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/mCBHX.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/mCBHX.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<p><a href="http://www.themindingcentre.org/dharmafarer/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/26.6-Chachakka-S-m148-piya.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Cha Chakka Sutta</a></p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/MLHg4.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/MLHg4.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<p><a href="http://www.themindingcentre.org/dharmafarer/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/7.5-Samudayatthangama-Loka-S-s12.44-piya.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">(Samuday’atthaṅgama) Loka Sutta</a></p>

<p>What one can do it to ensure any contact (described above) does not result in craving and break the above progression of events at <code>feeling</code>. This can be achieved through meditation.</p>

<p>See </p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/a/37262/295">Food and other cravings, and guarding the senses</a></li>
<li><a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/a/37166/295">Rejecting clinging to both pleasure and displeasure</a></li>
<li><a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/a/36912/295">How should I watch sensations in Vipassana meditation?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/a/34073/295">Sankhara meditation</a></li>
<li><a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/a/21545/295">Meditation technique to reduce/control pain/sorrow/loss</a> </li>
</ul>

<p>answers for more details.</p>

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Thank you very much sir :)
Dum
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Suminda Sirinath S. Dharmasena
<p>In the process of reading a book, we need only the mind and the eyes. There is no need of ears and tongue.</p>

<p>In the process of hearing <em>Dhamma</em>,there may no need of eyes.</p>

<p>Are there any meditation practice to ignore senses completely for a period of time ?</p>

<p>(I'm looking for a specific meditation practice designed to achieve this, I know that we can achieve a similar result by doing Ānāpāna/breathing exercises,but may take much time )</p>

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@Erik looking for a way to get rid of distractions, a way to stop breaking progression. Thanks :)
Dum
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@Dum I updated the answer with links to more details I have covered else where.
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Can we ignore sense doors through meditation?
# Can we ignore sense doors through meditation?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-03-25)

In the process of reading a book, we need only the mind and the eyes. There is no need of ears and tongue.

In the process of hearing *Dhamma*,there may no need of eyes.

Are there any meditation practice to ignore senses completely for a period of time ?

(I'm looking for a specific meditation practice designed to achieve this, I know that we can achieve a similar result by doing Ānāpāna/breathing exercises,but may take much time )

**Tags:** meditation, practice, six-senses

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: @Erik looking for a way to get rid of distractions, a way to stop breaking progression. Thanks :)  
> **username_1**: @username_0 I updated the answer with links to more details I have covered else where.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2020-03-25. Score: 2

One cannot avoid contact (described below) hence one cannot ignore the sense doors totally:

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/mCBHX.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/mCBHX.png)

[Cha Chakka Sutta](http://www.themindingcentre.org/dharmafarer/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/26.6-Chachakka-S-m148-piya.pdf)

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/MLHg4.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/MLHg4.png)

[(Samuday’atthaṅgama) Loka Sutta](http://www.themindingcentre.org/dharmafarer/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/7.5-Samudayatthangama-Loka-S-s12.44-piya.pdf)

What one can do it to ensure any contact (described above) does not result in craving and break the above progression of events at `feeling`. This can be achieved through meditation.

See

* [Food and other cravings, and guarding the senses](https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/a/37262/295)
* [Rejecting clinging to both pleasure and displeasure](https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/a/37166/295)
* [How should I watch sensations in Vipassana meditation?](https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/a/36912/295)
* [Sankhara meditation](https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/a/34073/295)
* [Meditation technique to reduce/control pain/sorrow/loss](https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/a/21545/295)

answers for more details.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thank you very much sir :)  

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