Trung Bộ Kinh (Majjhima Nikaya) 5:23

SUJATO

sappasirūpamā kāmā vuttā bhagavatā bahudukkhā bahupāyāsā, ādīnavo ettha bhiyyo”ti.

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

— Trung Bộ Kinh (Majjhima Nikaya) 5:23, Bhikkhu Sujato

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