Majjhima Nikaya 5:47

SUJATO

sappasirūpamā kāmā vuttā mayā, bahudukkhā bahupāyāsā, ādīnavo ettha bhiyyo.

a snake’s head, I’ve said that sensual pleasures give little gratification and much suffering and distress, and they are all the more full of drawbacks.

— Majjhima Nikaya 5:47, Bhikkhu Sujato

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