"Suppose there was a black ox and a white ox yoked by a single harness or yoke. Would it be right to say that the black ox is the yoke of the white ox, or the white ox is the yoke of the black ox?"
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...the Yuganaddha Sutta's oxen are two complementary aspects of contemplative practice, samatha and vipassanā, "yoked" in such a way as to conduce to the ultimate "unyoking" of mind, complete freedom from bondage. 2/2
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The Yoga Sutta (not to be confused with Patañjali's Yoga Sūtra-s) is also helpful for distinguishing the different faces of "yoga" (in this case, unwholesome): https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an04/an04.010.than.html …
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