*Buddhapashcimavavadopadesha 1.36

1.36

經曰：汝等比丘！當知多欲之人，多求利故苦惱亦多；少欲之人無求無欲則無此患。直爾少欲尚應修集，何況少欲能生諸功德。少欲之人則無諂曲以求人意，亦復不為諸根所牽。行少欲者心則坦然無所憂畏，觸事有餘常無不足。有少欲者則有涅槃。是名少欲。

The sūtra says: "You bhikṣus! You should know that a person of many desires seeks much gain, and therefore has much suffering and affliction; a person of few desires has no seeking and no desires, and thus is free from this calamity. Even ordinary fewness of desires should already be cultivated, how much more so when fewness of desires can produce all merits! A person of few desires has no deceit or crookedness to court people's favor, and moreover is not dragged along by the sense faculties. The mind of one who practices fewness of desires is open and calm, free of worry and fear; in encountering matters there is always a surplus, never a deficiency. One who has few desires has nirvāṇa. This is called fewness of desires."