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24 - Thirst - The Dhammapada · Wisdom of the Ages Library

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  Chapter twenty four. Thirst, the thirst of a thoughtless man grows like a
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  creeper. He runs from life to life like a monkey seeking fruit in the
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  forest. Whomsoever this fierce thirst overcomes full of poison in this world, his
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  sufferings increase like the abounding bironagrass. He who overcomes this fierce thirst difficult to
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  be conquered in this world, sufferings fall off from him like water drops from
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  a lotus leaf. This salutary word, I tell you, do ye,
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  as many as are here assembled, dig up the root of thirst, as
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  he who wants the sweet scented ussiro root must dig up the birona grass.
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  That Mara, the tempter may not crush you again and again as the stream
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  crushes the reeds. As a tree, even though it has been cut down,
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  is firm so long as its root is safe and grows again. Thus,
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  unless the feeders of first are destroyed, this pain of life will return
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  again and again. He whose thirst, running towards pleasure is exceeding strong in
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  the thirty six channels, the waves will carry away that misguided man, namely
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  his desires which are set on passion. The channels run everywhere the creeper of
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  passion stands sprouting. If you see the creeper springing up, cut its root
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  by means of knowledge. The creature's pleasures are extravagant and luxurious. Sunk in
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  lust and looking for pleasure, men undergo again and again birth and decay.
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  Men driven on by thirst run about like a snared hare held in fetters and
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  bonds, they undergo pain for a long time, again and again. Men
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  driven on by thirst run about like a snared hare let. Therefore, the
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  mendicant drive out thirst by striving after passionlessness for himself. He who, having
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  got rid of the forest of lust, that is, after having reached nirvana,
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  gives himself over to forest life, that is, to lust, And
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  who, when removed from the forest, that is, from lust, runs
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  to the forest that is too lust. Look at that man, though free,
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  he runs into bondage. Wise people do not call that a strong fetter,
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  which is made of iron wood or hemp. Far stronger is the care
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  for precious stones and rings for sons and a wife that fetter. Wise people
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  call strong, which drags down yields, but is difficult to undo. After
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  having cut this at last, people leave the world free. From cares and
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  leaving desires and pleasures behind. Those who are slaves to passions run down with
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  the stream of desires, as a spider runs down the web which he has
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  made for himself. When they have cut this at last, wise people leave
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  the world free from cares, leaving all affection behind. Give up what is
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  before, give up what is behind, give up what is in the middle.
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  When thou goest to the other shore of existence, if thy mind is
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  altogether free, thou wilt not again enter into birth and decay. If a
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  man is tossed about by doubts, full of strong passions, and yearning only
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  for what is delightful, his thirst will grow more and more, and he
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  will indeed make his fetters strong. If a man delights in quieting doubts and
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  always reflecting dwells on what is not delightful, the impurity of the body,
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  et cetera, he certainly will remove, Nay, he will cut the fetter
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  of Marah. He who has reached the consummation, who does not tremble,
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  who is without first and without sin, he has broken all the thorns of
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  life. This will be his last body. He who is without first and
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  without affection, who understands the words and their interpretation. Who knows the order
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  of letters, those which are before and which are after. He has received
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  his last body. He is called the Great Sage, the Great Man.
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  I have conquered all, I know all, in all conditions of life,
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  I am free from taint, I have left all, And through the destruction
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  of thirst, I am free, having learnt myself. Whom shall I teach.
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  The gift of the law exceeds all gifts. The sweetness of the law
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  exceeds all sweetness. The delight in the law exceeds all delights. The extinction
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  of thirst overcomes all pain. Pleasures destroy the foolish if they look not for
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  the other shore. The foolish, by his thirst for pleasures, destroys himself,
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  as if he were his own enemy. The fields are damaged by weeds.
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  Mankind is damaged by push Therefore, a gift bestowed on the passionless brings
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  great reward. The fields are damaged by weeds. Mankind is damaged by hatred.
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  Therefore, a gift bestowed on those who do not hate brings great reward.
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  The fields are damaged by weeds. Mankind is damaged by vanity. Therefore
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  a gift bestowed on those who are free from vanity brings great reward. The
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  fields are damaged by weeds, mankind is damaged by lust. Therefore, a
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  gift bestowed on those who are free from lust brings great reward. End of
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  Chapter twenty four