Craving

For the human being who lives heedlessly, craving grows like a creeper

Whoever this base, entangling craving overcomes in the world — his sorrows grow as bīraṇa…

But whoever overcomes this base craving, hard-to-pass in the world — sorrows fall from…

I say this to you — blessings on all of you who have assembled here — dig up the root of…

Just as a tree, though cut down, grows up again if its root remains undamaged and firm,…

He whose thirty-six streams flow strong toward the agreeable, whose thoughts grounded in…

Streams of craving flow everywhere; the creeper, having sprung up, stands firm

For the being, streams flow toward objects of affection, and joys arise

Beings led on by thirst crawl about like a hunted hare

Beings led on by thirst crawl about like a hunted hare

He who is free from the forest of craving but is inclined toward the forest — freed from…

The wise do not call it a strong bond — that which is made of iron, wood, or hemp

This the wise call a strong bond — drawing one down, seemingly loose yet hard to escape…

Those inflamed by passion fall into the stream, like a spider into the web it has made…

Let go of the past, let go of the future, let go of the present — going to the further…

For one beset by thinking, with sharp lust, who gazes at the agreeable — craving grows…

But one who delights in the calming of thoughts, who cultivates the foul, ever mindful —…

Gone to the end, fearless, craving-free, stainless — he has plucked out the darts of…

Craving-free, ungrasping, skilled in language, knowing the sequence of syllables — he is…

All-conqueror, all-knower am I

The gift of Dhamma surpasses all gifts

Wealth destroys the foolish, but not those seeking the further shore

Weeds are the bane of fields; passion is the bane of this humankind

Weeds are the bane of fields; hatred is the bane of this humankind

Weeds are the bane of fields; delusion is the bane of this humankind

Weeds are the bane of fields; craving is the bane of this humankind