12: Avoiding Distraction and Desire


The five colours make our eyes blind

The five tones make our ears deaf

The five flavours make our mouths numb

Riding and hunting make our minds wild

Hard-to-get goods make us commit crimes

Thus the rule of the sages favours the stomach over the eyes

Thus they pick this over that

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