Desire knocks on the door of the master, disguised as a friend.
She carries a bottle of poison, hoping to give the master a drink.
She looks to enter the house of the master, either through the eyes of the window, or from the roof of the mind.
She seeks and seeks until she finds an opening.
Once an opening is found, and she grabs the attention of the master, she looks to cut right through the heart, until the soul bleeds.
Wisdom wakes up and comes to the rescue of the master, handing him over the sword of truth.
The master takes the the sword of truth and fights her until she runs out.
As she runs out, she wipes her mouth and says, “I will return.”
The master is victorious, because he is guarded by wisdom, knowledge, and truth.
If the master doesn’t fight, he will lose his crown, his kingdom and jewels.
The master must fight in order to protect his life.
The master is a warrior, the master is you.
Don’t give in to desire, no matter how inciting the offer may be.
Desire offers a rotten fruit, filled with wormwood.
Desire offers temporary comfort and in the end it is filled with sorrow.
Do not say, I will just do it one more time and that is all.
Do not feed desire, don’t do the act, runaway into meditation, read the dharma, seek the strength from the divine within you.
You are free!
Dhammapada – Desire 24
“If you sleep
Desire grows in you
Like a vine in the forest.
Like a monkey in the forest
You jump from tree to tree, Never finding the fruit -
From life to life,
Never finding peace.
If you are filled with desire
Your sorrows swell
Like the grass after the rain.
But if you subdue desire
Your sorrow fall from you
—
O seeker!
Give up desire.
Shake off your chains.”
