[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Literature, language and dating](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature) › [A History of Indian Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927) › v2.c19.s3.t1.148 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t1.148 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t1.148 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s3.t1.148](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.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 - [Previous: v2.c19.s3.t1.147](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t1.147) - [Next: v2.c19.s3.t1.149](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t1.149) - [Up: v2.c19.s3.t1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t1.148](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t1.148) · Pramāṇa