A victor am I over all, all have I known.Yet unattached am I to all that is conquered and known.Abandoning all, I am freed through the destruction of craving.Having thus directly comprehended all by myself, whom shall I call my teacher?– Dhammapada XXIV. Tanhavagga: Craving :: Verse 353
This I say to you: Good luck to all assembled here!Dig up the root of craving, like one in search of the fragrant root of the birana grass.Let not Mara crush you again and again,as a flood crushes a reed.– Dhammapada XXIV. Tanhavagga: Craving :: Verse 337
The gift of Dhamma excels all gifts;the taste of the Dhamma excels all tastes;the delight in Dhamma excels all delights.The Craving-Freed vanquishes all suffering.– Dhammapada XXIV. Tanhavagga: Craving :: Verse 354
Just as a tree, though cut down, sprouts up againif its roots remain uncut and firm,even so, until the craving that lies dormant is rooted out,suffering springs up again and again.– Dhammapada XXIV. Tanhavagga: Craving :: Verse 338
The misguided man in whom the thirty-six currents of craving strongly rush toward pleasurable objects,is swept away by the flood of his passionate thoughts.– Dhammapada XXIV. Tanhavagga: Craving :: Verse 339
Everywhere these currents flow,and the creeper (of craving) sprouts and grows.Seeing that the creeper has sprung up,cut off its root with wisdom.– Dhammapada XXIV. Tanhavagga: Craving :: Verse 340
Flowing in (from all objects) and watered by craving,feelings of pleasure arise in beings.Bent on pleasures and seeking enjoyment,these men fall prey to birth and decay.– Dhammapada XXIV. Tanhavagga: Craving :: Verse 341
Beset by craving, people run about like an entrapped hare.Held fast by mental fetters,they come to suffering again and again for a long time.– Dhammapada XXIV. Tanhavagga: Craving :: Verse 342
Beset by craving, people run about like an entrapped hare.Therefore, one who yearns to be passion-free should destroy his own craving.– Dhammapada XXIV. Tanhavagga: Craving :: Verse 343
There is one who, turning away from desire (for household life)takes to the life of the forest (i.e., of a monk).But after being freed from the household,he runs back to it.Behold that man! Though freed, he runs back to that very bondage!– Dhammapada XXIV. Tanhavagga: Craving :: Verse 344