Sense Joys,
Happiness, Release & Beyond!
The Blessed Buddha once said:
Bhikkhus, there are joys of the flesh, there are joys not of
this world, and
there are rapturous joys far beyond even such subtle unworldly joys ...
There is happiness of the flesh, there is a happiness not of
this world, and
there is exquisite bliss far beyond even such subtle unworldly
happiness!
There is indifference of the flesh, there is
an
Equanimity
not of this world,
and there is a serenity far beyond even such subtle unworldly
Equanimity!
There is satisfaction of the flesh, there is a mental release not of this
world,
and there is a liberation far beyond even such subtle unworldly
release ...
And what, Bhikkhus, are then these simple joys of the flesh?
There are these five strings of sense-pleasure. What five?
Visible forms experienceable by the eye ...
Hearable sounds experienceable by the ear ...
Smellable odours
experienceable by the nose ...
Tastable flavours
experienceable by the tongue ...
Touchable objects
experienceable by the body ...
All are attractive, captivating, desirable, irresistible, lovely,
agreeable,
tempting, pleasing, sensually enticing, seductive,
alluring, and tantalizing!
These are the 5 strings of sense-pleasure.
Joy that arises from
these
five strings of sense-pleasure: This is simply the
Joy of the flesh ...
Blissful is being
without passions in this world,
Blissful is the overcoming of all sense-desires!
Udana II, 1
More on the folly
vanity of desire for simple Sense Pleasure (Hedonism):
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Why_Not.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Craving_is_Pain.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/Canon/Sutta/AN/AN.I.1-2.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/Canon/Sutta/AN/AN.I.3-4.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_Charcoal_Pit.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/Canon/Sutta/AN/AN.I.3-4c.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Colourful_but_Muddy.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Craving_is_Catastrophic.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_Fire_of_Sense-Desire.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/What_is_Disadvantageous.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Joys_of_the_Flesch_and_Beyond.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Happiness_of_the_Flesh_and_Beyond.htm
Prince Siddhattha realizes the empty folly of
sense pleasure...
Source (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha.
Samyutta Nikāya. Book IV [235-7]
section 36:11 On Feeling:
Vedanā.
Joys beyond this world ...
http://store.pariyatti.org/Connected-Discourses-of-the-Buddha_p_1379.html
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/ati_website/html/tipitaka/sn/index.html
