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Many complain about being troubled by sensual desires. They ask a prescription to cure this trouble. One was given by the Buddha in Dhammapada. Here it is: "As when a house roof is not properly secured, then the rain finds a way through it and drops within, so when the thoughts are not carefully controlled the desires [sex] will soon bore through all our good resolutions. But as when a roof is well stopped when the water cannot leak through, so by controlling one's thoughts and acting with reflection, no such desires can arise or disturb us."

-- Notebooks Category 6: Emotions and Ethics > Chapter 4 : Purify Passions > # 126