釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 2.100

2.100

Fourth, discarding restlessness and regret: there are three kinds of restlessness: first, of the body; second, of speech; third, of the mind. Restlessness of the body means the body is fond of wandering about and engaging in various frivolous amusements, unable to stay at peace even for a moment while sitting. Restlessness of speech means fondness for chanting and reciting, disputing right and wrong, useless talk, and worldly conversation. Restlessness of mind means the state of mind is dissolute, letting one's thoughts run wild after sensory objects, pondering literature and arts, worldly skills, and various unwholesome vitarka and vicāra; this is called restlessness of mind. As a phenomenon, restlessness destroys the mind of one who has left home. Just as someone trying to collect the mind still fails to attain concentration, how much less so when one is restless and scattered! A person who is restless and scattered is like an elephant in rut without a hook or a camel with a pierced nose: impossible to control. As a verse says: