Guest guest Posted July 4, 2005 Report Share Posted July 4, 2005 Friends: The Pros and Cons of Hedonism: Change!!!: If, friends, one is not freed of lust, desire, attraction, thirst, passion and craving for the manifold various forms, feelings, experiences, constructions and types of consciousness, then with the inevitable change in & alteration of these forms, feelings, experiences, constructions & types of consciousness, one invariably experiences disappointment, dissatisfaction, discontent, frustration, sorrow, pain and despair... !!! One who lives immersed in these derivatives of greed, therefore suffers in this very life from the continual fever of wanting, needing, hankering, vexation and urge... Moreover, when dying and this body is breaking up, the greedy can expect a bad destination!!! This is the immanent danger & side-effect of desire & craving... If, however, one is freed of all lust, desire, attraction, thirst, passion and craving for the manifold various forms, feelings, experiences, constructions and types of consciousness, then with the inevitable change in & alteration of these, one does not experience any disappointment, dissatisfaction, discontent, pain, frustration, sorrow, nor despair... Not living immersed in these derivatives of greed, one does therefore not suffer from any fever of neither wanting, nor vexation nor urge. Moreover, when dying & this body is breaking up, such cooled & calmed one can expect a good destination!!! This is the quite blissful advantage and assured benefit of removal desire and craving here & now... Hunting pleasure produces delayed & hidden pain... Relinquishing pleasure gives ease now & bliss later... Source: Venerable Sariputta, General of the Dhamma. The Grouped Sayings by the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya III 7-9 http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=948507 http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/samyutta/index.html Friendship is the Greatest ! and the entire Noble Life... Let there be Happiness !!! Bhikkhu Samahita, Sri Lanka. http://groups.msn.com/DirectDhamma http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Buddha-Direct http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/TrueDhamma http://groups.yahoo.com/group/What_Buddha_Said Dhamma-Questions sent to my email are quite Welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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