“We say that there is the non-practicing of the mind. This is nothing more than being unable to meditate on the mind. It [the mind] carries itself lightly and noisily, and is hard to catch hold of and to destroy. It runs about unmolested like an evil-minded elephant. Its movements are quick at every moment, as swift as lightning. It's as noisy and restless as a monkey. It's like a ghost or a flame. It is the root of evil, and it is hard to satisfy the call of the five desires. This is like fire that feeds on fuel, or the great ocean which swallow the waters of all rivers, or like the grasses and plants that grow so luxuriantly in Mandara (Mount). If a person does not meditate on the falsity of birth and death, it will always be tempted, as with a fish that swallows the hook. Always a watchword is given, followed by all the acts. This is like the mother who leads all the small ones.
A person becomes greedily attached to the five desires and does not care for Nirvana. This is like the camel that eats honey, forgetting all about the fodder till death slaughter it. Anyone who does not see things thus can be called one non-practicing of the mind.”
Read More on the Nirvana Sutra, Chapter 38 - On Bodhisattva Lion's Roar 6.
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