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The Discourse on the Simile of the Fisherman
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"Just as, monks, a fisherman might throw a baited hook into a deep lake.
A certain fish with an eye for bait might swallow it.
Thus indeed, monks, that fish having swallowed the hook has fallen into calamity, fallen into disaster, subject to be done with as wished by the fisherman.
So too, monks, these six hooks are in the world for the calamity of beings, for the murder of living creatures. Which six? There are, monks, forms cognisable by eye that are desirable, lovely, agreeable, enticing, connected with sensuality, arousing. If a monk delights in that, asserts it, and remains grasping it. This is called, monks, a monk who has swallowed the hook, fallen into calamity of Māra, fallen into disaster, subject to be done with as wished by the Evil One, etc. There are, monks, flavours cognisable by tongue, etc.
There are, monks, mental phenomena cognisable by mind that are desirable, lovely, agreeable, enticing, connected with sensuality, arousing. If a monk delights in that, asserts it, and remains grasping it. This is called, monks, a monk who has swallowed the hook, fallen into calamity of Māra, fallen into disaster, subject to be done with as wished by the Evil One.
"And there are, monks, forms cognisable by eye that are desirable, lovely, agreeable, enticing, connected with sensuality, arousing. If a monk does not delight in that, does not assert it, and does not remain grasping it. This is called, monks, a monk who has not swallowed the hook of Māra, has broken the hook, has shattered the hook, has not fallen into calamity, has not fallen into disaster, is not subject to be done with as wished by the Evil One, etc.
"There are, monks, flavours cognisable by tongue, etc. There are, monks, mental phenomena cognisable by mind that are desirable, lovely, agreeable, enticing, connected with sensuality, arousing. If a monk does not delight in that, does not assert it, and does not remain grasping it, this is called, monks, a monk who has not swallowed the hook of Māra, has broken the hook, has shattered the hook, has not fallen into calamity, has not fallen into disaster, is not subject to be done with as wished by the Evil One." The third.