Demons: Self clinging

Hope and fear.

Our Self clings to pleasure

and rejects pain.

Clinging and craving:

The root of suffering.

Clinging turns pleasure into pain.

Do not fear pain.

Do not crave for pleasure.

Do not cling to sensations.

Do not crave for sensations.

Just let them flow.

Clinging wants to transform impermanent

objects or sensations into permanent.

Craving wants to escape the present feeling of unrest

hoping that the possession of  some objects

will give us happiness.

Both clinging and craving are the only

demons that keep mind fettered to suffering.