LETTING GO · DHAMMAPADA 340
Releasing the Grip
The channels run everywhere, the creeper (of passion) stands sprouting; if you see the creeper springing up, cut its root by means of knowledge.
Dhammapada 340 · Chapter 24, Thirst · trans. F. Max Müller · Read the full text at Project Gutenberg
Reflection
The verse begins, “The channels run everywhere, the creeper (of passion) stands sprouting.” In its chapter, this image points toward craving and the possibility of release. Its value is practical when it changes how you meet one choice, relationship, or difficult feeling today. Because this is a historic English translation, test the teaching in experience rather than treating its wording as a demand for belief.
Practice prompt
What would remain if you stopped defending this story?