Lectures on the Sūtra of the Collection of the Father and Son (206)

Diligent Study of Buddhism Can Eliminate Worldly Craving

Diligently studying and practicing the Buddhadharma enables one to attain the supreme bodhi and to eliminate all worldly craving. Craving is thirst and greedy attachment—an intense longing for the worldly dharmas of the three realms. This longing to possess gives rise to greedy attachment, and clinging without letting go, one cannot escape the three realms, resulting in ceaseless suffering through the cycle of rebirth within the three realms.