The Blessed Buddha once said:
Bhikkhus, imagine a fisherman, who have thrown a baited hook into a deep
lake,
and then an yearning fish, hungry for food, would swallow it at first
sight...
That fish, having swallowed the fisherman's hook, would indeed meet with
much
pain, disaster and tragedy, since the fisherman would do with it as he
wishes...
So too, Bhikkhus, there are these six hooks in the world for the pain,
disaster and
tragedy of beings, for the slaughter of living beings: Forms
experienceable
by the
eye, sounds experiencable by the ear, smells experienceable by the nose,
tastes
experienceable by the tongue, touches experienceable by the body, & mental
states
experienceable by the mind, that all are seductive, gorgeous, alluring,
agreeable,
pleasing, enticing, tempting and tantalizing. If a bhikkhu search for
delight in them,
welcomes them, and thus remains clinging to them, he is called a Bhikkhu,
who has
swallowed Mara's hook! He has met with pain, disaster & tragedy, & the
Evil One
can do with him, as he wishes. However, one who does neither hunt
for delight in
them,
nor does he welcome them, nor does he remain clinging to them, such is a
Bhikkhu,
who has resisted Mara's hook, who has broken, destroyed, and defeated this
Hook!
He will neither gather, nor meet any pain, nor disaster, nor tragedy, and this
Evil One
cannot do with him, as he wishes... Since he has gained true
self-control & integrity!
The
inevitable boomerang retribution of urge for Sense Pleasure (Hedonism):
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Why_Not.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_Charcoal_Pit.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Colourful_but_Muddy.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_Fire_of_Sense-Desire.htm
Blissful is
being without passions in this world,
Blissful is the overcoming of all sense-desires!
Udana II, 1
Source (extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha.
Samyutta Nikāya. Book IV
[157-8]
Section 35 Salayatana: On The 6 Senses. The Fisherman Simile:
Balisiko 230.
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
