In other words, people (sentient beings) are ensnared and tossed about by desire, anger, delusion, and attachment, unable to dwell in the state of happiness.
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When ensnared by desire, it burns everything—status, honor, possessions, efforts, relationships, the body, and all other things—reducing them to nothingness, like fire.
- When the heart is seized by anger, it ruins the things one holds dear.
- When trapped in delusion, one closes off the path to the state of happiness, namely the path to enlightenment.
- Due to attachment, people (sentient beings) find that nothing goes as they wish.
However, wise individuals recognize these follies and cultivate a heart seeking Nirvana.
He first dispels delusion, finds the right path, avoids being ensnared by desire, does not deviate from the path entangled by anger, accumulates merits, ultimately transcends such delusions, attains enlightenment, and having reached the serene tranquility (Nirvana).
By reaching out this status, he is called one who has extinguished the fire, is fortunate, liberated, and has crossed the turbulent stream to reach the other shore.
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