[835] **"One should not be dependent on that which draws in" (ākassaṃ na sito siyā):** craving (taṇhā) is called "that which draws in" — that is, whatever lust, infatuation … covetousness, greed, the unwholesome root. For what reason is craving called "that which draws in"? By whatever craving one draws in, drags in, grasps, holds onto, and adheres to form; by which one draws in, drags in, grasps, holds onto, and adheres to feeling (vedanā), perception, volitional formations, consciousness, destination, arising, rebirth-linking, existence, saṃsāra, and the round — for that reason craving is called "that which draws in." **"One should not be dependent on that which draws in"** means: one should not be dependent on craving;¹ one should abandon craving, dispel it, make an end of it, and bring it to non-existence; one should be refrained from craving — abstained, wholly abstained, departed, gone forth, freed, detached — and should dwell with a mind rid of boundaries. Thus, "one should not be dependent on that which draws in." Therefore the Blessed One said:
One should not delight in the old,
nor conceive a liking for the new;
when something is passing away, one should not sorrow;
one should not be dependent on that which draws in.
¹ Variant reading (M): *taṇhā-nissito na siyā*.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.