sn35.247:3.1 Suppose a person was to catch six animals, with diverse territories and feeding grounds, and tie them up with a strong rope.
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sn35.247:3.2 They’d catch a snake,
sn35.247:3.3 a dolphin,
sn35.247:3.4 a bird,
sn35.247:3.5 a dog,
sn35.247:3.6 a jackal,
sn35.247:3.7 and a monkey,
sn35.247:3.8 tie each up with a strong rope, then tie a knot in the middle and let them loose.
sn35.247:3.9 Then those six animals with different domains and ranges would each pull toward their own domain and range.
sn35.247:3.10 The snake would pull one way, thinking ‘I’m going into a termite mound!’ The dolphin would pull another way, thinking ‘I’m going into the water!’ The bird would pull another way, thinking ‘I’m flying into the atmosphere!’ The dog would pull another way, thinking ‘I’m going into the village!’ The jackal would pull another way, thinking ‘I’m going into the charnel ground!’ The monkey would pull another way, thinking ‘I’m going into the jungle!’
sn35.247:3.11 When those six animals became exhausted and worn out, the strongest of them would get their way, and they’d all have to submit to their control.
sn35.247:3.12 In the same way, when a mendicant has not developed or cultivated mindfulness of the body, their eye pulls toward pleasant sights, but is put off by unpleasant sights. Their ear … nose … tongue … body …
sn35.247:3.13 mind pulls toward pleasant ideas, but is put off by unpleasant ideas.
sn35.247:3.14 This is how someone is unrestrained.