Chapter 24. Craving

334. As ceeping ivy craving grows in one liveng carelessly. Like this, one leaps from life to life as ape in the forest seeking fruit.


335.Whomsoever in this world this wretched clinging craving routs for such a one do sorrows grow as grass well-soaked with rain.


336. But whoever in the world routs wretched craving hard t quell, from such a one do sorrows fall like wate drops from lotus leaf.


337. Prosperity to you, I say, to all assembled here! When needing grass's fragrant root so craing extirpate. Don't let Mara break you again and again as a torrent a reed!


338. As tree though felled shoots up agianit its roots are safe and firm son this dukkha grows agian while latent craving's unremoved.


339. For whom the six and thirty streams so forceful flow to seeming sweet floods of thought that spring from lust sweep off such wrong viewholde.


340. Everywhere these streams are swirling, up-bursting creepers rooted firm. Seeing the craving-creeper there with wisdom cut its root!


341. To beings there are pleasures streaming sticky with desire, steeped in comfort, happiness seeking, such ones do come to birth, decay.


342. Who follow craving are assailed, they tremble as the hare ensnared, held fast by fetter and by bonds so long they come to dukkha again.


343. who follow craving are assailed, they tremble as the hare ensnared, so let a bhikkhu craving quell whose aim is passionlessness.


344. who without woodness inclines to the wood. Free in the wood to woodness returns. Do now regard that person well who free returns to fetter.


345. Neither of iron nor wood nor hemp is bond so strong, proclaim the wise, as passion's yearn for sons, for wives, for gems and ornaments.

346. That bond is strong, proclaim the wise, down-dragging,pliable, hard to lose. This passion severed, they wander forth forsaking sensual pleasures.


347. Ensnaredin passion back they fall as spider on a self-spun web. This passion severed, wander the wise forsaking dukkha all.


348. Let go before, let go the after, let go the middle, beyond the becoming. With mind released in every way you'll com no more to birth, decay.


349. For one who's crushed by thinking much excessive lust from beauty's sight, for that one craving grows the more, that one makes strong the bonds.


350. But who delights in calming thoughts develops constant mindfulness,that one indeed will make an End,



351. One who's fearless, reached the End, of craving and of blemish free, who has becoming'sthorn plucked out, has this, a final body.


352. One of clinging-craving free, who's skilled in way of chanting, knowing the wording-sequence,of what precedes and follows, possessed of final body, one greatly wise, great person called.


353. Beyond all beings, wise to all, unsoiled by dhamma all am I, left all and freed by craving's end, by self I've known, whom teacher call?


354.Gift of Dhamma surpasses all gifts, the Dhamma, its taste all other tastes beats, delisght in the Dhamma bests other dellights, destruction of craving conquers all ill.


355. Riches ruin a foolish one but not one seeking the Further Shore, craving for wealth a foolish one is ruined as if ruining others.


356. Weeds are a fault of fields, lust's a human falt, thus offerings to the lustless bear abundant fruit.


357. weeds are a fault of fields, hate's a human fault, hence offerings to the hateless bear abundant fruit.


358. Weed are the fault of fields, delusion, human's faults, so gifts to the undeluded bear abundant fruit.


359. Weed are the fault of fields, delusion, human's faults, so gifts to the desireless bear abundant fruit.