mn75:15.1 Suppose there was a person affected by leprosy, with sores and blisters on their limbs. Being devoured by worms, scratching with their nails at the opening of their wounds, they’d cauterize their body over a pit of glowing coals.
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mn75:15.2 Their friends and colleagues, relatives and kin would get a surgeon to treat them.
mn75:15.3 The surgeon would make medicine for them,
mn75:15.4 and by using that they’d be cured of leprosy. They’d be healthy, happy, autonomous, master of themselves, able to go where they wanted.
mn75:15.5 Two strong men would grab them by the arms and drag them toward the pit of glowing coals.
mn75:15.6 What do you think, Māgaṇḍiya?
mn75:15.7 Wouldn’t that person writhe and struggle to and fro?”
mn75:15.8 “Yes, worthy Gotama.
mn75:15.9 Why is that?
mn75:15.10 Because that fire is really painful to touch, fiercely burning and scorching.”
mn75:15.11 “What do you think, Māgaṇḍiya?
mn75:15.12 Is it only now that the fire is really painful to touch, fiercely burning and scorching, or was it painful previously as well?”
mn75:15.13 “That fire is painful now and it was also painful previously.
mn75:15.14 That person was affected by leprosy, with sores and blisters on their limbs. Being devoured by worms, scratching with their nails at the opening of their wounds, their sense faculties were impaired. So even though the fire was actually painful to touch, they had a distorted perception that it was pleasant.”