118. Citta the householder said to the monks: “Suppose a black ox and a white ox were tied together by a rope or a yoke. Now, if one were to say that the black ox was the fetter of the white one, or that the white ox was the fetter of the black one, would one be speaking rightly?”
“No, they would not, householder. Because the two oxen are fettered by the rope or yoke.”
“Well, in the same way, monks, the eye is not the fetter of objects, nor is the object the fetter of the eye. Rather, the desire and craving that arises owing to the two of them, that is the fetter. The ear and sounds, the nose and smells, the tongue and tastes, the body and touch and the mind and thoughts, are not fetters, but rather the desire and craving that arises owing to the two of them, that is the fetter.”
“Good for you, householder, well said. You have the eye of wisdom that is consistent with the Buddha’s deep teaching.”
S.IV,282* (SN 41.1)
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