There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed.

Gautama Buddha
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There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed. When it comes down to it, it’s all about the vices that are filling our hearts with sin. Greed, hatred, and vanity are all coming back to haunt us. There is no fire like passion.

It’s a blaze that goes out only when you die. There’s nothing more painful than losing your need for vengeance. Whatever you decide to do with hatred will not be what you want in the end because there is no solution to hatred.

The only way of getting rid of greed is to not have it at all, but since we can’t always control our desires even a practicing Buddhist monk lives in the world of desire and greed.

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