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Pleasure

from The Dhammapada by Jason Espada

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16. Pleasure

Who runs after pleasure and shuns meditation,
losing himself in the delights of the world,
envies the man who prefers meditation.

Give up both pleasant and unpleasant!
Missing the pleasant is pain, and
finding the unpleasant is also pain.

To lose what one loves is pain.
For which reason, control the senses.
Only he is free who neither likes nor dislikes.

Liking brings grief,
liking brings fear.
The man who curbs liking is free from grief
and free from fear.

Affection brings grief,
affection brings fear.
The man who curbs affection is free from grief
and free from fear.

Desire brings grief,
desire brings fear.
The man who curbs desire is free from grief
and free from fear.

Craving brings grief,
craving brings fear.
The man who curbs craving is free from grief
and free from fear.

Dear to the world is the man
who is truthful, virtuous, and discriminating,
who pursues his own business, which is devotion to Dhamma.

Only he crosses the stream of life
who wishes to know what is known as Unknowable,
who is lord of his senses and filled with dedication.

When, after a long journey a man returns home,
safely - kinsmen, friends, and well-wishers rejoice.

So, when a man travels from this birth to the next,
his good deeds rejoice, waiting like kinsmen to receive a friend.

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from The Dhammapada, released October 15, 2017

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