痛苦的根源来自私欲,无论企求快乐、报复,或只企求长寿,都会导致痛苦。
5、Desire causes suffering because it can never be completely gratified.
欲望会导致痛苦,其主要原因乃是欲望永远无法完全满足。
6、To be attached to one thing (to a certain view) and to look down upon other thing (views) as inferior--this wise men call a fetter.
固执某一件事物(或某种见解),而轻视其他事物(或见解)是卑鄙的,智者称它为「束缚」。
7、Bonds do not exist for those to whom naught is dear or not dear.
没有贪爱和憎恨的人,就没有束缚。
8、There is no fire like lust, no grip like hate; there is no net like delusion, no river like craving.
贪心是最猛烈的火,憎恨是最坏的执着,迷惑和错误的见解是最难脱逃的网,爱欲是最难渡过的河流。
9、One should give up anger; one should abandon pride; one should overcome all fetters. I’ll never befall him who clings not to mind and body and is passionless.