Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c17.97

v1.c17.97

**Chapāṇa Sutta.**—If a man were to catch six animals—a snake, a crocodile, a bird, a dog, a jackal and a monkey—and tether them with ropes, they would struggle to be free and to make off, each to his own range or pasture. So do a man’s six senses. If the animals are strongly tethered, they will, with time, grow weary and rest. So will the six senses if one practises attention to the body.¹