It is our "holding on to" that replenishes, feeds, perpetuates, and renews our desires. This is true whether we are holding on in the "indulge" form or the "suppress" form. It is by trying to eliminate our desires, whether by suppressing them or satisfying them, that we perpetuate them!
Please note that this awareness is not only a Middle Way between suppression and indulgence; it is also a Middle Way between active and passive.
---Brook A. Ziporyn, in Emptiness and Omnipresence---
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