{"id":4005,"date":"2013-07-13T01:52:49","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=4005"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:52:49","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:52:49","slug":"65-craving-vol-03-questions-and-answers-volume-03","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/02-works-of-the-mother\/01-cwmce\/03-questions-and-answers-volume-03\/65-craving-vol-03-questions-and-answers-volume-03","title":{"rendered":"-65_Craving.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\nCraving<\/b>
\n<\/font> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n


\n  <\/font><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

The
\ncraving of a heedless man grows like the Maluva creeper. Like a monkey seeking
\nfruits in the forest, he leaps from life to life. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

For
\none who in the world is overcome by the craving that clings, his miseries
\nincrease like Birana grass after the rains. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

For
\none who in this world can overcome this craving that clings and is so difficult
\nto master, his sorrows fall away like water from a lotus leaf. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

To
\nall who are gathered here, I say for your welfare: pull out the roots of your
\ncraving, as you uproot Birana grass. Do not let Mara crush you again and again
\nas a flood crushes a reed. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

As a
\ntree, though felled, springs up once more if the roots remain intact, even so
\nsorrow will return again and again until all craving is rooted out. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

The
\nmisguided man, who cannot resist the thirty-six strong currents of craving, is
\nswept away by the flood of his eagerness for pleasure. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Everywhere
\nthese currents flow and the creeper (of craving) springs up and increases.
\nWherever you see it springing up, cut out its roots with the force of wisdom. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Allowing
\ntheir minds to be attracted by the enjoyment of transient objects, men who
\ncrave pleasure become a prey to birth and to decay.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/i>
\n <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 285<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n

<\/span><\/div>\n

Beset
\nby craving, men run around like a hare in a trap. Bound by the chains of
\nattachment, they come again and again to sorrow. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Beset
\nby craving, men run around like a hare in a trap. Therefore, O Bhikkhu,
\ndesiring deliverance from passion, destroy your craving. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

One
\nwho, delivered from craving, yet runs back to it, lo, he is like a freed man
\nwho returns to bondage. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

What
\nthe wise call a strong bond is not made of iron, wood or rope; but the craving
\nfor jewels and ornaments, for wife and children, is a far stronger bond. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

The
\nwise say that it pulls you downward, and though it seems to be loose, it is
\nhard to be rid of. This too the wise cut off; renouncing the pleasures of the
\nsenses, free from craving, they take to the homeless life. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Those
\nwho are bound by their passions are drawn back into the stream, like a spider
\ncaught in his own web. This too the wise cut off; renouncing the pleasures of
\nthe senses, free from craving, they take to the homeless life. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Be
\nfree from the past, be free from the future, be free from the present. Cross
\nover to the other shore of existence; when the mind is wholly delivered, you
\nshall come no more to birth and death. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

One
\nwho is troubled by evil thoughts, who is controlled by his passions, who seeks
\nonly pleasure, his craving grows steadily; he makes his bonds strong indeed.<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\nPage -286<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n

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One
\nwho delights in subduing evil thoughts, who is vigilant and can distinguish
\nimpurities, he will put an end\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>286\u00a0 <\/span>to his cravings, he shall break the bonds of
\nMara. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

He
\nwho has reached the goal, who is without fear and free from craving and
\nimpurity, he has plucked out the thorns of existence; this is his last
\nincarnation. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

One
\nwho is free from craving, unattached, who knows the words and their meanings,
\nwho knows the arrangement of the texts in their sequence, he indeed has put on
\nhis last body. He alone is called \u201cThe Man of Great Wisdom.\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

I
\nhave vanquished all, I know all; unconditioned, all-renouncing, delivered by
\nthe extinction of craving, having understood all by myself, whom shall I call
\nmy teacher? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

The
\ngift of Truth excels all gifts; the savour of Truth excels all savours; delight
\nin Truth excels all delights; deliverance from craving overcomes all suffering.
\n<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Riches
\nruin the fool, but not one who seeks the other shore. By craving for riches,
\nthe fool ruins himself and others with him. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Weeds
\nare the bane of the fields; passion the bane of mankind. Therefore whatever is
\ngiven to those freed from passions yields abundant fruit. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Weeds
\nare the bane of the fields; hatred the bane of mankind. Therefore whatever is
\ngiven to those freed from hatred yields abundant fruit.<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 287<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

<\/span><\/div>\n

Weeds
\nare the bane of the fields; delusion the bane of mankind. Therefore whatever is
\ngiven to those freed from delusion yields abundant fruit.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Weeds
\nare the bane of the fields; desires the bane of mankind. Therefore whatever is
\ngiven to those freed from desires yields abundant fruit. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

We shall keep the last one to meditate on.
\n<\/span>
\n <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

8 August 1958<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\nPage \u2013 288<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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