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1.69. Desire

ā€œBy what is the world bound?
By the removal of what is it freed?
What is it that one must forsake
To cut off all bondage?ā€

ā€œBy desire is the world bound;
By the removal of desire it is freed.
Desire is what one must forsake
To cut off all bondage.ā€