Just as a tree, though cut down, sprouts up again if its roots are undamaged and strong, in the same way, if the root of craving is not wholly uprooted, suffering springs up again and again.
Founder of Buddhism
Just as a tree, though cut down, sprouts up again if its roots are undamaged and strong, in the same way, if the root of craving is not wholly uprooted, suffering springs up again and again.
Founder of Buddhism
Dhammapada, Chapter 24, Verse 338
c. 5th century BCE
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