One Dwells Without Having Set Up Mindfulness of the Body

Suppose, Monks, a man would catch six animals--with different domains and different feeding grounds - and tie them by a strong rope. He would catch a snake, a crocodile, a bird, a dog, a jackal, and a monkey, and tie each by a strong rope. Having done so, he would tie the ropes together with a knot in the middle and release them.

Then, those six animals with different domains and different feeding grounds would each pull in the direction of its own feeding ground and domain. The snake would pull one way, thinking, ‘Let me enter an anthill’. The crocodile would pull another way, thinking, ‘Let me enter the water’. The bird would pull another way, thinking, ‘Let me fly up into the sky’. The dog would pull another way, thinking, ‘Let me enter a village’. The jackal would pull another way, thinking, ‘Let me enter a charnel ground’. The monkey would pull another way, thinking, ‘Let me enter a forest’.

Now when these six animals become worn out and fatigued, they would be dominated by the one among them that was strongest; they would submit to it and come under its control.

So too, Monks, when a Monk has not developed and cultivated mindfulness directed to the body, the eye pulls in the direction of agreeable forms and disagreeable forms are repulsive; the ear pulls in the direction of agreeable sounds and disagreeable sounds are repulsive; the nose pulls in the direction of agreeable odors and disagreeable odors are repulsive; the tongue pulls in the direction of agreeable flavors and disagreeable flavors are repulsive; the body pulls in the direction of agreeable physical objects and disagreeable physical objects are repulsive; the mind pulls in the direction of agreeable mental objects and disagreeable mental objects are repulsive.

It is in such a way that there is non-restraint

One Resides Having Set Up Mindfulness of the Body

Suppose, Monks, a man would catch six animals with different domains and different feeding grounds - and tie them by a strong rope. He would catch a snake, a crocodile, a bird, a dog, a jackal, and a monkey, and tie each by a strong rope. Having done so, he would bind them to a strong post or pillar.

Then, those six animals with different domains and different feeding grounds would each pull in the direction of its own feeding ground and domain. The snake would pull one way, thinking, ‘Let me enter an anthill’. The crocodile would pull another way, thinking, ‘Let me enter the water’. The bird would pull another way, thinking, ‘Let me fly up into the sky’. The dog would pull another way, thinking, ‘Let me enter a village’. The jackal would pull another way, thinking, ‘Let me enter a charnel ground’. The monkey would pull another way, thinking, ‘Let me enter a forest’.

Now, when these six animals become worn out and fatigued, they would stand close to that post or pillar, they would sit down there, they would lie down there.