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1. | To be attached to one thing (to a certain view) and to look down upon other thing (views) as inferior -- this the wise man call a fetter. |
2. | Bonds do not exists for whose to whom nought is dear or not dear. |
3. | There is no fire like lust, no grip like hate, there is no net like delusion, no river like craving. |
4. | One should give up anger; One should abandon pride; One should overcome all fetters. Ill never befall him who clings not to mind and body and is passionless. |
5. | That which is made of iron, wood, or hemp is not a strong bong, say the wise, (but) that longing for jewels, ornaments, children, and wives is far greater an attachment. |
6. | All desires have in them little pleasant taste but rather much potential suffering. |
7. | Folk enwrapt in craving are terrified like a captive hare; held fast by fetters and bonds, for long they come to sorrow again and again. |
8. | For the person who is perturbed by evil thonghts, who is of strong passions, who sees but the pleasurable, craving steadily grows. Indeed, he makes the bond strong. |