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Discourse on Taking Delight |
12. The Bhagava was at Savatthi... Standing at a suitable place, the deva spoke thus in verse in the presence of the Bhagava: "He who has children gets delight from the children. Similarly, he who has cows gets delight from the cows. Men get delight from sense-pleasures;* lacking them, one is deprived of such delight". (The Bhagava said:) He who has children worries on account of the children. Similarly, he who has cows worries on account of the cows. Men worry on account of sense-pleasures. When one has no sense-pleasures, one is free from worry. * sense-pleasures: In the text, upadhi: lit., substrata, support, basis. Here kama upadi is meant. The four upadhis:
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