"Lose the greed for pleasure. See how letting go of the world is peacefulness. There is nothing that you need to hold on to and there is nothing that you need to push away.
Dry up the remains of your past and have nothing for your future. If you do not cling to the present then you can go from place to place in peace.
There is a greed that fixes on the individual body-mind. When that greed has completely gone, then, brahmin, there will be no more inner poison drives, without which you are immune from death."
(The Buddha, Sutta Nipata 1098-1100, translated by H. Saddhatissa)
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