("Climbing Plant" by Popperipopp)
“Creeper” is directly inspired by the following aphorism from The Dhammapada :
The streams flow everywhere; the creeper, having sprung up, becomes established. When you see that creeper sprout, sever its root by intense insight. – (XXIV. Craving, #7)
and accompanying translator’s note :
The “creeper” is insidious suggestion, rooted in ignorance and craving, developing into bondage, aggression, and folly. To sever it the moment it sprouts is what the Tao Te Ching ref
