When Clinging Softens

Reflection

The verse begins, “The gods even envy him whose senses, like horses well broken in by the driver, have….” In its chapter, this image points toward freedom from compulsive grasping. The water imagery emphasizes accumulation: a mind and a life are shaped by many small conditions, not one dramatic moment. Because this is a historic English translation, test the teaching in experience rather than treating its wording as a demand for belief.