an11.9:2.1 “Sandha, meditate like a thoroughbred,
an11.9:2.2 not like a wild colt.
an11.9:2.3 And how does a wild colt meditate?
an11.9:2.4 A wild colt, tied up by the feeding trough, meditates: ‘Fodder, fodder!’
an11.9:2.5 Why is that?
an11.9:2.6 Because it doesn’t occur to the wild colt tied up by the feeding trough:
an11.9:2.7 ‘What task will the horse trainer have me do today? How should I respond?’
an11.9:2.8 Tied up by the feeding trough they just meditate: ‘Fodder, fodder!’
an11.9:2.9 In the same way, take a certain wild person who has gone to the forest, the root of a tree, or an empty hut. Their heart is overcome and mired in sensual desire, and they don’t truly understand the escape from sensual desire that has arisen.
an11.9:2.10 Harboring sensual desire within they meditate and concentrate and contemplate and ruminate.
an11.9:2.11 Their heart is overcome by ill will …
an11.9:2.12 dullness and drowsiness …
an11.9:2.13 restlessness and remorse …
an11.9:2.14 doubt …
an11.9:2.15 Harboring doubt within they meditate and concentrate and contemplate and ruminate.
an11.9:2.16 They meditate dependent on earth, water, fire, and air. They meditate dependent on the dimension of infinite space, infinite consciousness, nothingness, or neither perception nor non-perception. They meditate dependent on this world or the other world. They meditate dependent on what is seen, heard, thought, known, attained, sought, or explored by the mind.
an11.9:2.17 That’s how a wild colt meditates.
