“The affluent and the wealthy,
even the aristocrats who rule the land,
are greedy of each other,
insatiable in sensual pleasures.

Among those of such an avid nature,
flowing along the stream of lives,
who here has given up craving?
Who in the world is not avid?”

“They gave up their house,
their beloved children and cattle, and went forth.
And they gave up desire and hate,
and discarded ignorance.
The perfected ones with defilements ended—
they in the world are not avid.”