Halakhah for Berakhot 4:5

הָיָה רוֹכֵב עַל הַחֲמוֹר, יֵרֵד. וְאִם אֵינוֹ יָכוֹל לֵירֵד, יַחֲזִיר אֶת פָּנָיו, וְאִם אֵינוֹ יָכוֹל לְהַחֲזִיר אֶת פָּנָיו, יְכַוֵּן אֶת לִבּוֹ כְּנֶגֶד בֵּית קֹדֶשׁ הַקָּדָשִׁים:

If he were riding on an ass, he dismounts (to pray). [The halachah is not in accordance with this anonymous Mishnah; but whether or not he had someone to hold his ass, he does not dismount, for his mind is not settled (enough for prayer) if he must dismount.] And if he cannot dismount, he turns his face [towards Jerusalem, it being written (I Kings 8:48): "And they shall pray to You towards their land."] And if he cannot turn his face, he directs his thoughts to the holy of holies [it being written (Chronicles 6:26): "And they will pray to this place."]

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