an6.63:8.1 ‘Sensual pleasures should be known. And their source, diversity, result, cessation, and the practice that leads to their cessation should be known.’ That’s what I said,
an6.63:8.2 but why did I say it?
an6.63:8.3 There are these five kinds of sensual stimulation.
an6.63:8.4 Sights known by the eye, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing.
an6.63:8.5 Sounds known by the ear …
an6.63:8.6 Smells known by the nose …
an6.63:8.7 Tastes known by the tongue …
an6.63:8.8 Touches known by the body, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing.
an6.63:8.9 However, these are not sensual pleasures. In the training of the Noble One they’re called ‘kinds of sensual stimulation’.
an6.63:8.10 Greedy intention is a person’s sensual pleasure.
an6.63:8.11 The world’s pretty things aren’t sensual pleasures.
an6.63:8.12 Greedy intention is a person’s sensual pleasure.
an6.63:8.13 The world’s pretty things stay just as they are,
an6.63:8.14 but the attentive remove desire for them.
