The tortoise simile (withdrawing the thoughts)
Ancient Asaṅga SanskritŚag_27
As a tortoise draws its limbs into its shell, so let the monk draw in the musings of the mind; independent, harming no others, fully quenched, let him disparage no one.
Śag_27
As a tortoise draws its limbs into its shell, so let the monk draw in the musings of the mind; independent, harming no others, fully quenched, let him disparage no one.