“Having given up their home, their child, their cattle, and all that they love, they went forth. Having given up desire and hate, having dispelled ignorance, the perfected ones with defilements ended—they in the world are not avid.”

Linked Discourses 1.29 3. A Sword Four Wheels

“Four are its wheels, and nine its doors; it’s stuffed full, bound with greed, and born from a bog. Great hero, how will I keep going?”

“Having cut the strap and harness—the wicked desire and greed—and having plucked out craving, root and all: that’s how you will keep going.”

Linked Discourses 1.30 3. A Sword Antelope Calves

“O hero so lean, with antelope calves, not greedy, eating little, a giant, wandering alone like a lion, you’re not concerned for sensual pleasures. We’ve come to ask a question: How is one released from all suffering?”

“The world has five kinds of sensual stimulation, and the mind is said to be the sixth. When you’ve discarded desire for these, you’re released from all suffering.”

Linked Discourses 1.31 4. The Host of a Hundred Felicities Virtuous