Drinking salt water

Indulging in objects our senses run after and drinking salt water are one and the same: The more we partake, for our own satisfaction, the more our desire and thirst for them grow. Thus when we conceive a compulsive attraction towards whatever object our senses desire, abandon it quickly without hesitation—the Sons of the Buddhas all practice this way.

Thogme Zangpo, The Thirty-Seven Practices of All Buddhas’ Sons, v. 21