Even as a tree, though cut down, sprouts again if its roots are undamaged and strong, so also, if the roots of craving are not destroyed, suffering ever springs up again and again.
Founder of Buddhism
From the Dhammapada (Verse 338), a teaching on craving and suffering
c. 5th-6th Century BCE
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"Just as a tree, though cut down, sprouts up again if its roots are undamaged and strong, in the same way, if the root of craving is not wholly uprooted, suffering springs up again and again."
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