{"collection":"Khuddaka Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_thag6.5/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_thag6.5","id":"suttacentral_thag6.5","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/thag6.5/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Khuddaka Nikaya"],"text":"When a man lives heedlessly, craving grows in them like a camel\u2019s foot creeper. They jump from one thing to the next, like a langur greedy for fruit in a forest grove. Whoever is beaten by this wretched craving, this attachment to the world, their sorrow grows, like grass in the rain. But whoever prevails over this wretched craving, so hard to get over in the world, their sorrows fall from them, like a drop from a lotus-leaf. I say this to you, good people, all those who have gathered here: dig up the root of craving, as you\u2019d dig up the grass in search of roots. Don\u2019t let M\u0101ra break you again and again, like a stream breaking a reed. Act on the Buddha\u2019s words, don\u2019t let the moment pass you by. For if you miss your moment you\u2019ll grieve when sent to hell. Negligence is always dust; dust follows right behind negligence. Through diligence and knowledge, pluck out the dart from yourself.","title":"M\u0101lu\u1e45kyaputta (1st)","tradition":"Khuddaka Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":164}