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Sense desires, so he has said, bring little enjoyment and much
suffering and disappointment. The perils in them are greater.
1. Sense desires are like bare bones, has the Blessed One
said; they are
2. like a lump of flesh,
3. like a torch of straw,
4. like a pit of burning coals,
5. like a dream,
6. like borrowed goods,
7. like a fruit-bearing tree,
8. like a slaughter house,
9. like a stake of swords,
10. like a snake's head, are sense desires, has the Blessed
One said.(2. see details of those similes) <#n-2> They bring
little enjoyment, and much suffering and disappointment. The perils
in them are greater."
Appassada kama vutta bhagavata
bahudukkha bahupayasa, adinavo ettha
bhiyyo. (upama = simile/parable )
1. Aá¹á¹hikaá¹ kalupama kama
vutta bhagavata
2. maá¹sapesupama kama vutta
bhagavata
3. tiá¹ukkupama kama vutta
bhagavata
4. aá¹ garakasupama kama
vutta bhagavata
5. supinakupama kama vutta
bhagavata
6. yacitakupama kama vutta
bhagavata
7. rukkhaphalupama kama vutta
bhagavata
8. asisunupama kama vutta
bhagavata
9. sattisulupama kama vutta
bhagavata
10. sappasirupama kama vutta
bhagavata bahudukkha bahupayasa,
adinavo ettha bhiyyo"ti.
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