This World is Messed Up!
The Buddha once told a deity:
This world is suffering from Death,
Troubled by ageing, decay
and sickness,
Wounded by the Dart of constant
Craving!
Always is it burning with Desire & Lust...
This world is addicted to Delight & Pleasure,
Since dragged around by this urge,
Craving
must be cut, to break free from bondage and
reach Nibbāna...
Source:
The Grouped Sayings by the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya I 40
http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=948507
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/samyutta/index.html
On Craving as the Cause
of Suffering see:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Craving_is_Pain.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_3_kinds_of_Craving.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_2nd_Noble_Truth_on_The_Cause_of_Suffering.htm
Cut Craving!
