The Burden

Bhārā have pañcakkhandhā

Bhārahāro ca puggalo.

Bhārādānaṃ dukkhaṃ loke

Bhāra-nikkhepanaṃ sukhaṃ.

The five aggregates are truly a burden,

And the individual is what carries the burden.

To take up the burden is to suffer in the world.

To throw off the burden is bliss.

Nikkhipitvā garuṃ bhāraṃ

Aññaṃ bhāraṃ anādiya

Sa-mūlaṃ taṇhaṃ abbuḷha

Nicchāto parinibbuto'ti.

Having thrown off the heavy burden,

and not taking on another,

One pulls out craving, root & all —

Free from desire, totally unbound