Ched du brjod pa'i tshoms (Kangyur, Toh 326) 1.5

1.5

[Sensual pleasures] are suffering; / they are sweet at first, but their fruit is bitter, / like a burning torch not dropped from the hand / that ends up burning the fool. / Compared with the mind that is utterly attached / to jewel earrings, sons, and daughters, / the fetters made of iron, wood, or babaja grass— / the noble ones say that these are not tight. / But the bond of desires, loose though it may be, / the noble ones say is exceedingly hard to untie. / The steadfast, not gazing at the pleasures of desire, / cut through them and swiftly depart. / The manifold things in the world are not desires; / it is man's conceptualized passion that is desire. / Though the manifold things in the world remain as they are, / the steadfast nonetheless tame their yearning for them. / For human beings, there are no permanent desires; / whatever the desirous are attached to is impermanent. / Therefore, utterly abandon them with the mind so that there is no rebirth; / make [your goal] the state free of death, it is taught. / When yearning arises, does one not extinguish it? / One whose mind is faultless, who is mindful, / and who is not attached to sensual desires, / is spoken of as one who ascends higher. / Just as a silversmith refines silver, / the wise person, step by step, / moment by moment, little by little, / should clear away their own impurities. / Just as a shoemaker softens leather / completely and then makes shoes, / whichever desires one has abandoned, / each brings about abundant happiness. / If one desires all happiness, / one should utterly abandon all desires. / Having utterly abandoned all desires, / one will attain supreme happiness. / As long as one pursues desires, / for that long one will not find satisfaction. / Those who, through wisdom, / turn away from them attain contentment. / Because one is not satisfied by desires, / satisfaction through wisdom is joyful. / A person satisfied through wisdom / will not fall under the power of existence. / Those people who are attached to desires—