A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t1.148
A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t1.148
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v2.c19.s3.t1.148
"O monks, just as an oil lamp, burning by means of the oil and the wick, if a person would pour fresh oil on it and renew the wick from time to time, would continue to burn for a long, long time thus fed and supplied with fuel,—even thus, O monks, grows the greed of the man who takes pleasure in the things of this world, which are but fetters."¹