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## Forty-sixth Chapter
463. There is no fear in dwelling in the body, but there is great fear in leaving it. For the embodied soul, there is indeed a reversal of the path of liberation. || 164 ||
This being is formless in its own nature, but becomes formed through association with the body. Being formless is the attainment of liberation, therefore, just as it has been formed, so too must the body be abandoned. || 195 ||
All attachment is bondage, enjoyment is disease, the body is an enemy, a long lifespan is a source of suffering, and wealth is fuel for the fire of craving. || 196 ||
First, there is birth, then old age and disease, and finally, in the end, there is death, the wicked one. Thus, the embodied soul wanders like a wheel in the ocean of existence. || 197 ||
Enjoyments are like the hoods of a serpent for those who enjoy them, therefore, they are not enjoyable. Thus, for those who contemplate these enjoyments, they become increasingly fearful. || 198 ||
These objects of enjoyment are like poison, and they flare up like a fire fueled by stimulating medicines. || 199 ||
There is no satisfaction in them, and this is not the only fault, but they also nourish craving and support the vine of worldly existence. || 200 ||
The fire of desire, born from the body of a woman, fueled by the oil of affection, does not cease until it has consumed the desiring man. || 201 ||
At the end of enjoyment, all beings experience dispassion. For the wise, the effort to maintain this dispassion is the essence of all actions. || 202 ||
Even though this being has experienced suffering many times through enjoyment, it still desires them. Just as a child clings to the foot of its mother who beats it, so too does this being cling to enjoyment. || 203 ||
1. Dwelling in the body.
2. Leaving it.
3. From dwelling in the body.
4. Reversal.
5. Embodied soul.
6. By any means.
7. Attachment to children, friends, etc.
8. In the ocean of existence.
9. Of a serpent.
10. Like the body. Or like the hood. "Enjoyment is like the hood of a serpent, in the case of women, etc., and in the case of wealth."
11. Enjoyments are not enjoyable.
12. Burn fiercely.
13. By the desire to enjoy.
14. By stimulating causes.
15. By enjoyments.
16. Of craving.
17. Affection, love, and oil. "Fueled by affection." "Fueled by affection." "Fueled by affection."
18. In all.
19. Displeasure.
20. Of dispassion.
21. The essence of practice.