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The Discourse on the Enjoyer of Sensual Pleasures
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On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Sāvatthī in Jeta's Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika's park.
Then the householder Anāthapiṇḍika approached the Blessed One;
having approached, he paid respect to the Blessed One and sat down to one side.
To the householder Anāthapiṇḍika seated to one side, the Blessed One said this:
"There are, householder, these ten enjoyers of sensual pleasures existing and found in the world. What are the ten? Here, householder, a certain enjoyer of sensual pleasures seeks wealth not by rule, by violence; having sought wealth not by rule, by violence, he does not make himself happy, does not please himself, does not share, does not make merit.
Here again, householder, a certain enjoyer of sensual pleasures seeks wealth not by rule, by violence; having sought wealth not by rule, by violence, he makes himself happy, pleases himself, but does not share, does not make merit.
Here again, householder, a certain enjoyer of sensual pleasures seeks wealth not by rule, by violence; having sought wealth not by rule, by violence, he makes himself happy, pleases himself, shares, and makes merit.
Here again, householder, a certain enjoyer of sensual pleasures seeks wealth both by rule and not by rule, both by violence and without violence; having sought wealth both by rule and not by rule, both by violence and without violence, he does not make himself happy, does not please himself, does not share, does not make merit.
Here again, householder, a certain enjoyer of sensual pleasures seeks wealth both by rule and not by rule, both by violence and without violence; having sought wealth both by rule and not by rule, both by violence and without violence, he makes himself happy, pleases himself, but does not share, does not make merit.
Here again, householder, a certain enjoyer of sensual pleasures seeks wealth both by rule and not by rule, both by violence and without violence; having sought wealth both by rule and not by rule, both by violence and without violence, he makes himself happy, pleases himself, shares, and makes merit.
Here again, householder, a certain enjoyer of sensual pleasures seeks wealth righteously, without violence; having sought wealth righteously, without violence, he does not make himself happy, does not please himself, does not share, does not make merit.
Here again, householder, a certain enjoyer of sensual pleasures seeks wealth righteously, without violence; having sought wealth righteously, without violence, he makes himself happy, pleases himself, but does not share, does not make merit.
Here again, householder, a certain enjoyer of sensual pleasures seeks wealth righteously, without violence; having sought wealth righteously, without violence, he makes himself happy, pleases himself, shares, and makes merit. And he consumes that wealth greedy, infatuated, transgressing, not seeing the danger, without wisdom of escape.
Here again, householder, a certain enjoyer of sensual pleasures seeks wealth righteously, without violence; having sought wealth righteously, without violence, he makes himself happy, pleases himself, shares, and makes merit. And he consumes that wealth not greedy, not infatuated, not transgressing, seeing the danger, with wisdom of escape.
Therein, householder, that enjoyer of sensual pleasures who seeks wealth not by rule, by violence, having sought wealth not by rule, by violence, does not make himself happy, does not please himself, does not share, does not make merit - this, householder, enjoyer of sensual pleasures is blameworthy on three grounds. 'He seeks wealth not by rule, by violence' - by this first ground he is blameworthy. 'He does not make himself happy, does not please himself' - by this second ground he is blameworthy. 'He does not share, does not make merit' - by this third ground he is blameworthy. This, householder, enjoyer of sensual pleasures is blameworthy on these three grounds.
"Therein, householder, that one enjoying sensual pleasures who seeks wealth unrighteously, with violence, having sought wealth unrighteously, with violence, makes himself happy, pleases himself, does not share, does not make merit, this, householder, one enjoying sensual pleasures is blameworthy on two grounds, praiseworthy on one ground. 'He seeks wealth not by rule, by violence' - by this first ground he is blameworthy. 'He makes himself happy, pleases himself' - by this one ground he is praiseworthy. 'He does not share, does not make merit' - by this second ground he is blameworthy. This, householder, one enjoying sensual pleasures is blameworthy on these two grounds, praiseworthy on this one ground.
"Therein, householder, that one enjoying sensual pleasures who seeks wealth unrighteously, with violence, having sought wealth unrighteously, with violence, makes himself happy, pleases himself, shares, makes merit, this, householder, one enjoying sensual pleasures is blameworthy on one ground, praiseworthy on two grounds. 'He seeks wealth unrighteously, with violence' - by this one ground he is blameworthy. 'He makes himself happy, pleases himself' - by this first ground he is praiseworthy. 'He shares, makes merit' - by this second ground he is praiseworthy. This, householder, one enjoying sensual pleasures is blameworthy on this one ground, praiseworthy on these two grounds.
"Therein, householder, that one enjoying sensual pleasures who seeks wealth both righteously and unrighteously, both with violence and without violence, having sought wealth both righteously and unrighteously, both with violence and without violence, does not make himself happy, does not please himself, does not share, does not make merit, this, householder, one enjoying sensual pleasures is praiseworthy on one ground, blameworthy on three grounds. 'He seeks wealth righteously, without violence' - by this one ground he is praiseworthy. 'He seeks wealth not by rule, by violence' - by this first ground he is blameworthy. 'He does not make himself happy, does not please himself' - by this second ground he is blameworthy. 'He does not share, does not make merit' - by this third ground he is blameworthy. This, householder, one enjoying sensual pleasures is praiseworthy on this one ground, blameworthy on these three grounds.
"Therein, householder, that one enjoying sensual pleasures who seeks wealth both righteously and unrighteously, both with violence and without violence, having sought wealth both righteously and unrighteously, both with violence and without violence, makes himself happy, pleases himself, does not share, does not make merit, this, householder, one enjoying sensual pleasures is praiseworthy on two grounds, blameworthy on two grounds. 'He seeks wealth righteously, without violence' - by this first ground he is praiseworthy. 'He seeks wealth not by rule, by violence' - by this first ground he is blameworthy. 'He makes himself happy, pleases himself' - by this second ground he is praiseworthy. 'He does not share, does not make merit' - by this second ground he is blameworthy. This, householder, one enjoying sensual pleasures is praiseworthy on these two grounds, blameworthy on these two grounds.
"Therein, householder, that one enjoying sensual pleasures who seeks wealth both righteously and unrighteously, both with violence and without violence, having sought wealth both righteously and unrighteously, both with violence and without violence, makes himself happy, pleases himself, shares, makes merit, this, householder, one enjoying sensual pleasures is praiseworthy on three grounds, blameworthy on one ground. 'He seeks wealth righteously, without violence' - by this first ground he is praiseworthy. 'He seeks wealth unrighteously, with violence' - by this one ground he is blameworthy. 'He makes himself happy, pleases himself' - by this second ground he is praiseworthy. 'He shares, makes merit' - by this third ground he is praiseworthy. This, householder, one enjoying sensual pleasures is praiseworthy on these three grounds, blameworthy on this one ground.
"Therein, householder, that one enjoying sensual pleasures who seeks wealth righteously, without violence, having sought wealth righteously, without violence, does not make himself happy, does not please himself, does not share, does not make merit, this, householder, one enjoying sensual pleasures is praiseworthy on one ground, blameworthy on two grounds. 'He seeks wealth righteously, without violence' - by this one ground he is praiseworthy. 'He does not make himself happy, does not please himself' - by this first ground he is blameworthy. 'He does not share, does not make merit' - by this second ground he is blameworthy. This, householder, one enjoying sensual pleasures is praiseworthy on this one ground, blameworthy on these two grounds.
"There, householder, whatever one enjoying sensual pleasures seeks wealth righteously, without violence, and having sought wealth righteously, without violence, makes himself happy and pleased, does not share, does not perform meritorious deeds, this, householder, one enjoying sensual pleasures is praiseworthy on two grounds, blameworthy on one ground. 'He seeks wealth righteously, without violence' - by this first ground he is praiseworthy. 'He makes himself happy, pleases himself' - by this second ground he is praiseworthy. 'He does not share, does not perform meritorious deeds' - by this one ground he is blameworthy. This, householder, one enjoying sensual pleasures is praiseworthy on these two grounds, blameworthy on this one ground.
"There, householder, whatever one enjoying sensual pleasures seeks wealth righteously, without violence, and having sought wealth righteously, without violence, makes himself happy and pleased, shares, performs meritorious deeds, yet he consumes that wealth bound, infatuated, transgressing, not seeing the danger, without wisdom of escape, this, householder, one enjoying sensual pleasures is praiseworthy on three grounds, blameworthy on one ground. 'He seeks wealth righteously, without violence' - by this first ground he is praiseworthy. 'He makes himself happy, pleases himself' - by this second ground he is praiseworthy. 'He shares, makes merit' - by this third ground he is praiseworthy. 'He consumes that wealth bound, infatuated, transgressing, not seeing the danger, without wisdom of escape' - by this one ground he is blameworthy. This, householder, one enjoying sensual pleasures is praiseworthy on these three grounds, blameworthy on this one ground.
"There, householder, whatever one enjoying sensual pleasures seeks wealth righteously, without violence, and having sought wealth righteously, without violence, makes himself happy and pleased, shares, performs meritorious deeds, and he consumes that wealth not bound, not infatuated, not transgressing, seeing the danger, with wisdom of escape, this, householder, one enjoying sensual pleasures is praiseworthy on four grounds. 'He seeks wealth righteously, without violence' - by this first ground he is praiseworthy. 'He makes himself happy, pleases himself' - by this second ground he is praiseworthy. 'He shares, makes merit' - by this third ground he is praiseworthy. 'He consumes that wealth not bound, not infatuated, not transgressing, seeing the danger, with wisdom of escape' - by this fourth ground he is praiseworthy. This, householder, one enjoying sensual pleasures is praiseworthy on these four grounds.
"These, householder, are the ten kinds of enjoyers of sensual pleasures existing and found in the world. Of these, householder, ten kinds of enjoyers of sensual pleasures, whatever one enjoying sensual pleasures seeks wealth righteously, without violence, and having sought wealth righteously, without violence, makes himself happy and pleased, shares, performs meritorious deeds, and he consumes that wealth not bound, not infatuated, not transgressing, seeing the danger, with wisdom of escape, this one of these ten kinds of enjoyers of sensual pleasures is the foremost and the best and the chief and the highest and the most excellent. Just as, householder, from a cow comes milk, from milk comes curds, from curds comes butter, from butter comes ghee, from ghee comes the cream of ghee. The cream of ghee is declared the foremost therein.
So too, householder, of these ten kinds of enjoyers of sensual pleasures, whatever one enjoying sensual pleasures seeks wealth righteously, without violence, and having sought wealth righteously, without violence, makes himself happy and pleased, shares, performs meritorious deeds, and he consumes that wealth not bound, not infatuated, not transgressing, seeing the danger, with wisdom of escape, this one of these ten kinds of enjoyers of sensual pleasures is the foremost and the best and the chief and the highest and the most excellent." The first.