The Blessed Buddha once said:
Bhikkhus by possessing three qualities, one lives in this very life full of
pleasure & joy!
Furthermore, one has thereby prepared the elimination of the
mental
fermentations...
What are these three 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, any
Bhikkhu purifies his
mind of detrimental states... In the first watch of the night, while walking
back & forth &
sitting, he also purifies his 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
right upon the other,
aware and clearly comprehending, determining when to rise again. After
rising, in the last
watch of the night, while walking back & forth & sitting, he cleans out any
disadvantageous
mental states again. It is in this way, Bhikkhus, that a 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 he has prepared for the destruction of the
mental
fermentations...
The 3 firsts on
Basic 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
Source (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya. 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
