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| I will tame the mind by breath control. |
We have to keep training the mind/heart in line with the path of practice.
As a result it'll get gradually more familiar with the practice the Buddha taught, bit by
bit. It'll keep getting more tractable, malleable, tame, so that it wanders
off only occasionally, only once in a long, long while.
It'll rarely get
lost. If we were to strap it down too tightly, it might struggle to get away. So
we may have to put it on a long leash.
But whether we keep it on a
slack or tight leash all depends on which technique we find
works for us. The strategies needed for training the heart/mind aren't the
same for everyone.
Some people really have to force it, come down
hard on it, go without food and water. But it all comes down to whatever
works in keeping the mind/heart within its proper bounds.
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