Iti 15
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Itivuttaka: The Group of Ones
translated from the Pali by
Thanissaro Bhikkhu
This was said by the Blessed One, said by the Arahant, so I have heard: "Monks, I don't envision even one other fetter fettered by which beings conjoined go wandering & transmigrating on for a long, long time like the fetter of craving. Fettered with the fetter of craving, beings conjoined go wandering & transmigrating on for a long, long time."
With craving his companion, a man wanders on a long, long time. Neither in this state here nor anywhere else does he go beyond the wandering- on. Knowing this drawback that craving brings stress into play free from craving, devoid of clinging, mindful, the monk lives the mendicant life.