No Fear

From attachment springs fear.

For one who is wholly free from attachment

there is no grief, whence then fear?

 

From lust springs grief, from lust springs fear.

For one who is wholly free from lust

there is no grief; whence then fear?

From craving springs grief, from craving springs fear.

For one who is wholly free from craving

there is no grief; whence then fear?

—Buddha Shakyamuni, Dhp XVI, Piyavagga