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## Chapter 8: Twelvefold Contemplation
**Further, the contemplation of restraint is described:** Therefore, one should restrain all the causes of karmic influx, such as the senses, passions, perceptions, pride, attachment, etc. (738)
**Meaning:** Therefore, one should restrain all the causes of karmic influx, such as the senses, passions, perceptions, pride, attachment, etc. (738)
When the passions are restrained, the karmic influx is restrained from the root. Just as a boat does not enter a blocked forest, so too, the karmic influx does not enter when the passions are restrained. (739)
**Meaning:** When the passions are restrained, the karmic influx is restrained from the root. Just as a boat does not enter a blocked forest, so too, the karmic influx does not enter when the passions are restrained. (739)
The defects of the senses and passions are controlled by austerity, knowledge, and humility. Just as horses going astray are controlled by reins, so too, these defects are controlled. (740)
**Meaning:** The defects of the senses and passions are controlled by austerity, knowledge, and humility. Just as horses going astray are controlled by reins, so too, these defects are controlled. (740)
For one who is mindful in thought, speech, body, and senses, and who is free from negligence, the karmic influx does not arise, and the nine types of karmic influx are destroyed. (741)