Lecture Notes 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 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. Longing to possess them gives rise to greedy attachment, and clinging without letting go, one cannot escape the three realms, resulting in continuous transmigration and suffering within the three realms.