[296] "Suppose, friend, a black ox and a white ox were yoked together by a single harness or yoke. Would one who spoke thus: 'The black ox is the fetter (saṃyojana) of the white ox; the white ox is the fetter of the black ox' — would he, speaking so, be speaking rightly?"
"No indeed, friend. The black ox is not the fetter of the white ox, nor is the white ox the fetter of the black ox; rather, the single harness or yoke by which the two are yoked together — that is the fetter there."
"Just so, friend, the eye is not the fetter of forms, nor are forms the fetter of the eye; rather, the desire and lust (chandarāga) that arises there in dependence on both — that is the fetter there. … The tongue is not the fetter of tastes … The mind is not the fetter of mental phenomena (dhammā), nor are mental phenomena the fetter of the mind; rather, the desire and lust that arises there in dependence on both — that is the fetter there."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.