Why not indulge in
Hedonism? Change!
Venerable Sariputta once pointed out the danger of delight:
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 and alteration of these forms,
feelings, experiences, constructions
and 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,
longing, frustration and urge... Moreover, when dying and this
body is breaking up, the greedy
one can expect a bad destination!
This is the immanent danger and side-effect of desire
and 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 and alteration of these, one does not
experience any disappointment, dissatisfaction, discontent, pain,
frustration, sorrow, nor any despair... Not living immersed in these
derivatives of greed, one does therefore not suffer from any
hot
fever of neither wanting, nor longing, nor any urge. Moreover, when
dying
and this body is breaking up, such cooled and calmed one can
expect a good destination! This is the quite blissful advantage
and assured benefit of removal
of desire and craving here and now...
