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Dhammapada
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339-340*339:

He whose 36 streams,
flowing to what is appealing, are strong:
the currents -- resolves based on passion --
carry him, of base views, away.

They340 flow every which way, the streams,
but the sprouted creeper stays
        in place.
Now, seeing that the creeper's arisen,
cut through its root
with discernment.

 



339: 36 streams = three forms of desire for each of the internal and external sense spheres (see note 294) -- 3 x 2 x 6 = 36. According to one sub-commentary, the three forms of desire are desires focused on the present, past, and future. According to another, they are craving for sensuality, craving for becoming, and craving for no-becoming.



340: "Every which way": Reading sabbadhi with the Thai and Burmese editions. The creeper, according to DhpA, is craving, which sends thoughts out to wrap around its objects, while it itself stays rooted in the mind.





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