The Chariot and the Creeper
The thirst of a thoughtless man grows like a creeper. He runs from life to life like a monkey seeking fruit in the forest. Dig up the root of thirst as he who wants the Usira root must dig up the Birana grass, that Mara may not crush you again and again as a stream crushes reeds. Give up what is before, behind, and in the middle. Surface trimming leaves the stump.
Key Insight
Craving regrows from the feeders you did not cut. The work is surgical: root, not branch, or the monkey returns to the same trees.
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