sn35.246:3.1 Suppose the crops have ripened, and the caretaker is diligent. If an ox fond of crops invades the crops
sn35.246:3.2 the caretaker would grab them firmly by the muzzle.
sn35.246:3.3 Then they’d grab them above the hump and hold them fast there.
sn35.246:3.4 Then they’d give them a good thrashing
sn35.246:3.5 before driving them away.
sn35.246:3.6 For a second time,
sn35.246:3.7 and even a third time, the same thing might happen.
sn35.246:3.12 As a result, no matter how often they might stand or sit in a village or wilderness, that ox fond of crops would never invade that crop again,
sn35.246:3.13 remembering the beating they got earlier.
sn35.246:3.14 In the same way, when a mendicant’s mind is straightened up, well straightened up when it comes to the six fields of contact, becomes stilled internally; it settles, unifies, and becomes immersed in samādhi.