"Oh you! If one gained the Path through penance [the practice of austerities], all animals would have to attain it. That is why one first subdues the mind and not the body. Hence, I say in my sutra that one must cut down the forest, but not the tree. Why? From forest, one gains fear, but not from the tree. If a person wishes adjust your body, it must first adjust the mind. The mind is the forest, and the body is the tree. So we may compare things.”
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