When elder bhikkhus debate the meaning of ‘fetter,’ the visiting layman Citta uses an analogy of two yoked oxen to illustrate that the true fetter is the desire and attachment that arise in dependence on sense faculties and objects.

When Citta the householder asks elder bhikkhus to explain the “diversity of elements,” a senior monk remains silent. Venerable Isidatta steps in and correctly enumerates the sensory elements, earning the senior elder’s humble praise.