[Illustration: Drawing of a person roping a cow]
_face p. 360_
_Catching the Cow._ After getting lost long in the wilderness, he
has at last found the cow and laid hand on her. But owing to the
overwhelming pressure of the objective world, the cow is found hard to
keep under control. She constantly longs for sweet grasses. The wild
nature is still unruly, and altogether refuses to be broken in. If he
wishes to have her completely in subjection, he ought to use the whip
freely.
With the energy of his whole soul, he has at last taken hold of the
cow:
But how wild her will, ungovernable her power!
At times she struts up a plateau,
When lo! she is lost in a misty unpenetrable mountain-pass.
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[Illustration: Drawing of a person leading a cow with a rope]
_face p. 361_
_Herding the Cow._ When a thought moves, another follows, and then
another—there is thus awakened an endless train of thoughts. Through
enlightenment all this turns into truth; but falsehood asserts itself
when confusion prevails. Things oppress us not because of an objective
world, but because of a self-deceiving mind. Do not get the nose-string
loose, hold it tight, and allow yourself no indulgence.
Never let yourself be separated from the whip and the tether,
Lest she should wander away into a world of defilement:
When she is properly tended, she will grow pure and docile,
Even without chain, nothing binding, she will by herself follow you.