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The Discourse on the Cave Octad
779.
A being attached in the cave, covered over by many things, a man standing, sunk in delusion;
Such a one is far from seclusion, for sensual pleasures in the world are not easily abandoned.
780.
With desire as source, bound to the pleasure of existence, they are difficult to free, for there is no release by another;
Looking back or forward, craving for these very sensual pleasures or for former ones.
781.
Greedy for sensual pleasures, engaged, bewildered, ungenerous, they are established in unrighteousness;
Brought to suffering, they lament, "What shall we become when we have passed away from here?"
782.
Therefore a creature should train right here, whatever one might know as unrighteous in the world;
One should not practise unrighteously because of that, for the wise have said this life is short.
783.
I see in the world this generation trembling, gone to craving in existences;
Inferior men lament in the mouth of death, not free from craving in existence after existence.
784.
See those who are trembling over what is cherished, like fish in a dried-up stream with little water;
Having seen this too, one should wander unselfish, not making attachment to existences.
785.
Having removed desire for both extremes, having fully understood contact, not greedy;
Not doing what he himself would blame, the wise one does not cling to what is seen and heard.
786.
Having fully understood perception, one would cross over the flood, the sage unstained by possessions;
With the dart pulled out, wandering diligently, he does not long for this world or the next.
The Discourse on the Cave Octad is concluded as second.
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