Desire Breeds Suffering

Craving is an arrow in the heart, the poison of ignorance; that spreads its toxins through desire, passion and illwill. Bound with the bondage of craving, our minds smitten with suffering we are bound with the bondage of desire; with no safety from this vicious cycle. Beings going through the wandering-on, headed for birth and death While those who've abandoned craving, free themselves and reach the ending of fermentations; though in the world, have gone beyond. Craving is the cause by which breeds stress. If its root remains undamaged and strong; A tree,even if cut, will grow back. So too,if latent craving is not rooted out, suffering returns. Encircled with craving, people hop round and around like a rabbit caught in a snare. Tied with fetters and bonds they go on to suffering, again and again,for long. For a person forced on by his thinking, fierce in his passion; focused on beauty, craving grows more. He's the one who tightens the bond. But one who delights in the stilling of thinking, always mindful cultivating a focus on the foul: He's the one who will make an end, the one who will cut desire's bond.