Texts from the Buddhist canon : commonly known as Dhammapada

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DHAMMAPADA.
and when bound does not eat a morsel, and only
longs to be free; so this mind of mine, in its
natural state, went wandering at large, and ever
seeking a resting-place, but now I have subdued it,
and I can bold it, as the master with the hook
holds the elephant. To be glad in the possession
of Eeason (B6dhi), and not to let it escape, to be
able at any time to hold in ^nd control the mind,
this is to be saved from bodily suffering, as the
elephant escapes from the ditch into which he has
fallen."
The Grihapati, on hearing these words, was led to seri-
ous reflection, and eventually attained to a condition of
enlightenment, whilst countless others were converted to
the truth.