THE KURAL
366. If thou love righteousness, flee from desire : for desire is a snare and a disappointment.
367. If a man cutteth off utterly all his desires, salvation shall come to him by any path that he commandeth to it.
368. He that hath no desires hath no grief: but ills on ills descend on the man that hankereth after things.
369. Even here a man shall have everlasting joy if he killeth that greatest misery of all, desire.
370. Desire is never filled: but if a man giveth it up he attaineth perfection even at that very moment.
HERE ENDETH SUBDIVISION B OF SECTION ii OF PART 1 ENTITLED WISDOM HERE ALSO ENDETH SECTION ii OF PART I ENTITLED THE LIFE OF THE ASCETIC
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