{"id":"dhp334-359","title":"24. Craving","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"dhp334-359","title":"24. Craving","units":[{"id":"dhp334:0","sourceIds":["dhp334:0.1","dhp334:0.2","dhp334:0.3","dhp334:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Khuddakanikāya\nDhammapada\nTaṇhāvagga\nKapilamacchavatthu","en":"Minor Collection\nSayings of the Dhamma 334–359\n24. 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everywhere;"}},{"id":"dhp340:2","sourceIds":["dhp340:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"latā uppajja tiṭṭhati;","en":"a weed springs up and remains."}},{"id":"dhp340:3","sourceIds":["dhp340:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tañca disvā lataṁ jātaṁ,","en":"Seeing this weed that has been born,"}},{"id":"dhp340:4","sourceIds":["dhp340:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"mūlaṁ paññāya chindatha.","en":"cut the root with wisdom."}},{"id":"dhp341:1","sourceIds":["dhp341:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saritāni sinehitāni ca,","en":"A personage’s joys"}},{"id":"dhp341:2","sourceIds":["dhp341:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Somanassāni bhavanti jantuno;","en":"flow from senses and cravings."}},{"id":"dhp341:3","sourceIds":["dhp341:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Te sātasitā sukhesino,","en":"Seekers of happiness, bent on pleasure,"}},{"id":"dhp341:4","sourceIds":["dhp341:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Te ve jātijarūpagā narā.","en":"continue to be reborn and grow old."}},{"id":"dhp342:1","sourceIds":["dhp342:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tasiṇāya purakkhatā pajā,","en":"People governed by thirst,"}},{"id":"dhp342:2","sourceIds":["dhp342:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Parisappanti sasova bandhito;","en":"crawl about like a trapped rabbit."}},{"id":"dhp342:3","sourceIds":["dhp342:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyojanasaṅgasattakā,","en":"Bound and fettered, for a long time"}},{"id":"dhp342:4","sourceIds":["dhp342:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dukkhamupenti punappunaṁ cirāya.","en":"they return to pain time and again."}},{"id":"dhp343:1","sourceIds":["dhp343:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tasiṇāya purakkhatā pajā,","en":"People governed by thirst,"}},{"id":"dhp343:2","sourceIds":["dhp343:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Parisappanti sasova bandhito;","en":"crawl about like a trapped rabbit."}},{"id":"dhp343:3","sourceIds":["dhp343:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tasmā tasiṇaṁ vinodaye,","en":"That’s why one who longs for dispassion"}},{"id":"dhp343:4","sourceIds":["dhp343:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ākaṅkhanta virāgamattano.","en":"should dispel thirst."}},{"id":"dhp344:0","sourceIds":["dhp344:0"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vibbhantabhikkhuvatthu"}},{"id":"dhp344:1","sourceIds":["dhp344:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo nibbanatho vanādhimutto,","en":"Unsnarled, they set out for the jungle,"}},{"id":"dhp344:2","sourceIds":["dhp344:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vanamutto vanameva dhāvati;","en":"then they run right back to the jungle they left behind."}},{"id":"dhp344:3","sourceIds":["dhp344:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Taṁ puggalametha passatha,","en":"Just look at this individual!"}},{"id":"dhp344:4","sourceIds":["dhp344:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Mutto bandhanameva dhāvati.","en":"Freed, they run to bondage."}},{"id":"dhp345:0","sourceIds":["dhp345:0"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Bandhanāgāravatthu"}},{"id":"dhp345:1","sourceIds":["dhp345:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na taṁ daḷhaṁ bandhanamāhu dhīrā,","en":"The attentive say that shackle is not strong"}},{"id":"dhp345:2","sourceIds":["dhp345:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yadāyasaṁ dārujapabbajañca;","en":"that’s made of iron, wood, or knots."}},{"id":"dhp345:3","sourceIds":["dhp345:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sārattarattā maṇikuṇḍalesu,","en":"But obsession with jeweled earrings,"}},{"id":"dhp345:4","sourceIds":["dhp345:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puttesu dāresu ca yā apekkhā.","en":"concern for your partners and children:"}},{"id":"dhp346:1","sourceIds":["dhp346:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Etaṁ daḷhaṁ bandhanamāhu dhīrā,","en":"this, say the attentive, is a strong shackle"}},{"id":"dhp346:2","sourceIds":["dhp346:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ohārinaṁ sithilaṁ duppamuñcaṁ;","en":"dragging the indulgent down, hard to escape."}},{"id":"dhp346:3","sourceIds":["dhp346:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Etampi chetvāna paribbajanti,","en":"Having cut this one too they go forth,"}},{"id":"dhp346:4","sourceIds":["dhp346:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Anapekkhino kāmasukhaṁ pahāya.","en":"unconcerned, having given up sensual pleasures."}},{"id":"dhp347:0","sourceIds":["dhp347:0"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Khemātherīvatthu"}},{"id":"dhp347:1","sourceIds":["dhp347:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ye rāgarattānupatanti sotaṁ,","en":"Besotted by lust they fall into the stream,"}},{"id":"dhp347:2","sourceIds":["dhp347:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sayaṅkataṁ makkaṭakova jālaṁ;","en":"like a spider caught in the web she wove."}},{"id":"dhp347:3","sourceIds":["dhp347:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Etampi chetvāna vajanti dhīrā,","en":"The attentive proceed, having cut this one too,"}},{"id":"dhp347:4","sourceIds":["dhp347:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Anapekkhino sabbadukkhaṁ pahāya.","en":"unconcerned, having given up all 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the bonds of Māra."}},{"id":"dhp351:0","sourceIds":["dhp351:0"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Māravatthu"}},{"id":"dhp351:1","sourceIds":["dhp351:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Niṭṭhaṅgato asantāsī,","en":"One who is confident, unafraid,"}},{"id":"dhp351:2","sourceIds":["dhp351:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"vītataṇho anaṅgaṇo;","en":"rid of craving, free of blemish,"}},{"id":"dhp351:3","sourceIds":["dhp351:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Acchindi bhavasallāni,","en":"having struck down the arrows flying to future lives,"}},{"id":"dhp351:4","sourceIds":["dhp351:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"antimoyaṁ samussayo.","en":"this bag of bones is their last."}},{"id":"dhp352:1","sourceIds":["dhp352:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vītataṇho anādāno,","en":"Rid of craving, free of grasping,"}},{"id":"dhp352:2","sourceIds":["dhp352:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Niruttipadakovido;","en":"expert in the definition of 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sabbadukkhaṁ jināti.","en":"the ending of craving surmounts all suffering."}},{"id":"dhp355:0","sourceIds":["dhp355:0"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aputtakaseṭṭhivatthu"}},{"id":"dhp355:1","sourceIds":["dhp355:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Hananti bhogā dummedhaṁ,","en":"Riches ruin a simpleton,"}},{"id":"dhp355:2","sourceIds":["dhp355:2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"no ca pāragavesino;","en":"but not a seeker of the far shore."}},{"id":"dhp355:3","sourceIds":["dhp355:3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Bhogataṇhāya dummedho,","en":"From craving for wealth, a simpleton"}},{"id":"dhp355:4","sourceIds":["dhp355:4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"hanti aññeva attanaṁ.","en":"ruins themselves and others."}},{"id":"dhp356:0","sourceIds":["dhp356:0"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅkuravatthu"}},{"id":"dhp356:1","sourceIds":["dhp356:1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tiṇadosāni khettāni,","en":"Weeds are the bane of 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