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47. “Bhikkhus, among all trees that are pliable and wieldy, the sandalwood is the chief, given its softness and adaptability to pressure and pliability. “In the same manner, Bhikkhus, I do not know of a single thing that is as adaptable in its pliability as the mind, once it is properly developed and disciplined. This, because the well-developed mind that is properly disciplined, is indeed pliable and wieldy.”