The Tangled Tree · Habits That Keep Branching

"Its branches extend both downward and upward, nourished by the gunas, with sense objects as their shoots; and its roots stretch downward too, bound by actions in the human world."

This continues the image of life as a vast, tangled tree — the point isn't to memorize the botany, but to notice how our habits and cravings keep growing new branches whether we intend them to or not.