法苑珠林 71.54

71.54

The person entering the path with a sense of shame / Holds the bowl to guide sentient beings; / Why indulge in the dusts of desire / And sink down into the five feelings? / Having already abandoned the pleasure of the five desires / And cast it aside without looking back, / How can you wish to obtain it again, / Like a fool eating his own vomit? / When seeking the various desires, there is suffering; / When obtained, there is much fear and dread; / When lost, there is much burning anguish; / In none of them is there any place of joy. / Since the various perils are like this, / How can one abandon them? / By obtaining the merit and joy of meditative stabilization, / One will not be deceived by them.