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Vijitasena

Summary: url=index.html#thag.05.09.norm I shall tame you, my mind.

Thag 5.9 PTS: Thag 355-359

Vijitasena

translated from the Pali by

K.R. Norman

1999-2018

- Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammā-sambuddhassa -

I shall fasten you, mind, like an elephant at a small gate. I shall not incite you to evil, you net of sensual pleasure, body-born.

When fastened, you will not go, like an elephant not finding the gate open. Witch-mind, you will not wander again, and again, using force, delighting in evil.

As the strong hook-holder makes an untamed elephant, newly taken, turn against its will, so shall I make you turn.

As the excellent charioteer, skilled in the taming of excellent horses, tames a thoroughbred, so shall I, standing firm in the five powers, tame you.

I shall bind you with mindfulness; with purified self shall cleanse [you]. Restrained by the yoke of energy you will not go far from here, mind.

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