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"He,
by getting rid of these five hindrances which are defilements of the mind and
weakening to intuitive wisdom, dwells contemplating the body in the body,
ardent, clearly conscious [of it], mindful [of it] so as to control the
covetousness and dejection in the world. He fares along contemplating the
feelings... the mind... the mental states in mental states, ardent, clearly
conscious [of them], mindful [of them] so as to control the covetousness and
dejection in the world.
"As,
Aggivessana, an elephant tamer, driving a great post into the ground, ties a
forest elephant to it by his neck so as to subdue his forest ways, so as to
subdue his forest aspirations, and so as to subdue his distress, his fretting
and fever for the forest, so as to make him pleased with villages and accustom
him to human ways -- even so, Aggivessana, these four applications of
mindfulness are ties of the mind so as to subdue the ways of householders and
to subdue the aspirations of householders and to subdue the distress, the
fretting and fever of householders; they are for leading to the right path, for
realizing nibbana.
"The
Tathagata then disciplines him further, saying: 'Come you, monk, fare along
contemplating the body in the body, but do not apply yourself to a train of
thought connected with the body; fare along contemplating the feelings in the
feelings... the mind in the mind... mental states in mental states, but do not
apply yourself to a train of thought connected with mental states.'
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