Verse 339. Caught In The Currents Of Craving

For whom the six and thirty streams
so forceful flow to seeming sweet
floods of thought that spring from lust
sweep off such wrong viewholder.

Explanation: If in a person the thirty-six streams flow strongly towards pleasurable thoughts, that person of depraved views will be carried away on those current of craving.

 

Treasury of Truth: Illustrated Dhammapada – 423 Verses

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