Beauty Queen🌱simile

It may be that a beauty queen, even when alone with a man, may not remain occupying his mind, but acquisitions, respect, and popularity might.

The Buddha uses a simile of a man carrying a full bowl of oil past a great distraction, followed by an executioner ready to strike if he spills a drop, illustrating the life-or-death urgency one ought to bring forth in cultivating and frequently practicing in mindfulness directed to the body.