No Fire Like Desire

Four verses from The Dharmmapada – the words of the Buddha as spoken in the Jetavavana Grove:

There is no fire like desire,
no monster like hatred.
There is no net like delusion,
no raging river like craving.

འདོད་ཆགས་འདྲ་བའི་མེ་མེད་དེ། །

ཁྲོ་བ་ལྟ་བུའི་ཆུ་སྲིན་མེད། །

རྨོངས་པ་འདྲ་བའི་དྲྭ་བ་མེད། །

སྲེད་པ་འདྲ་བའི་ཆུ་ཀླུང་མེད། །།

Illustrated with the artists vision of a fire breathing demon in frustration of inadequately catching water with a net.

Issued with this artwork is a Certificate of Authentication with description, which serves as provenance, as well as a recipe of value for insurance purposes.