Craving is Like a Storm

“Oh good man! How is it the craving like a storm? For example, it's like when a storm shatters a mountain, erodes peaks and uproots deep-rooted trees. The same happens with the storm of craving. One [might] gain an evil mind against one's parents and uproot the root of Enlightenment (as deep) as of the greatly learned Shariputra, which is unsurpassed and firm. Only the Bodhisattva is not of this group. This is why we say that it (the craving) is like a storm.”

Read More on the Nirvana Sutra, Chapter 20 - On Holy Actions 2.