he body, be one whoâs cultivated disenchantment. Avoid the theme of beauty, connected with passion. Develop the mind in the unattractive— gathered into one,1 well-centered. Develop the themeless.2 Give up obsession with conceit. Then, from having broken through conceit, you will go about, stilled." In this way, the Blessed One often instructed Ven. Rṅhula3 with these verses. vv. 335–342 Notes 1. Ekâagga, reading agga in the sense of "gathering place." 2. On the themeless concentration, see MN 121 and SN 41:7. 3. At AN 1:148 (1:209) the Buddha cites Ven. Rṅhula, his son, as being foremost among the monks in his desire for training. See also: MN 61; MN 62; MN 147; Thag 4:8 - --> - - - -