Enjoying sensual pleasures

At one time The Blessed One was abiding in the monastery offered by Anāthapiṇḍika in Jeta's grove in Sāvatthi. Then the householder Anāthapiṇḍika approached The Blessed One, worshipped and sat on a side. The Blessed One said to the householder Anāthapiṇḍika:

“Householder, these ten, enjoying sensuality, are evident in the world. What ten?

Here, householder, a certain one enjoying sensuality earns money unrighteously and inconsiderately. With that money he neither enjoys sensuality nor shares it with others doing merit.

Here, householder, a certain one enjoying sensuality earns money unrighteously and inconsiderately. With that money he enjoys sensuality does not share it with others doing merit.

Here, householder, a certain one enjoying sensuality earns money unrighteously and inconsiderately. With that money he enjoys sensuality shares it with others and does merit.

Here, householder, a certain one enjoying sensuality earns money righteously and unrighteously, considerately and inconsiderately. With that money he neither enjoys sensuality nor shares it with others doing merit.

Here, householder, a certain one enjoying sensuality earns money righteously and unrighteously, considerately and inconsiderately. With that money he enjoys sensuality does not share it with others doing merit.

Here, householder, a certain one enjoying sensuality earns money righteously and unrighteously, considerately and inconsiderately. With that money he enjoys sensuality shares it with others doing merit.

Here, householder, a certain one enjoying sensuality earns money righteously and considerately. With that money he neither enjoys sensuality nor shares it with others doing merit.

Here, householder, a certain one enjoying sensuality earns money righteously and considerately. With that money he enjoys sensuality does not share it with others doing merit.

Here, householder, a certain one enjoying sensuality earns money righteously and considerately. With that money he enjoys sensuality, shares it with others doing merit.

He partakes it, bound and swooned, without seeing the danger and the wise escape from it.

Here, householder, a certain one enjoying sensuality earns money righteously and considerately. With that money he enjoys sensuality, shares it with others doing merit.

He partakes it, not enslaved not bound not swooned, seeing the danger and the escape from it.

Householder, the one enjoying sensuality earning money unrighteously and inconsiderately and with the money neither enjoying sensuality nor sharing it with others doing merit should be blamed for these three counts. For earning money unrighteously and inconsiderately, for not enjoying sensuality himself and for not sharing it with others doing merit.

Householder, the one enjoying sensuality earning money unrighteously and inconsiderately and with the money enjoying sensuality not sharing it with others doing merit, should be blamed on two counts and praised on one count. For earning money unrighteously and inconsiderately he is blamed, for enjoying sensuality himself praised and for not sharing it with others doing merit, blamed.

Householder, the one enjoying sensuality earning money unrighteously and inconsiderately and with the money enjoying sensuality, sharing it with others doing merit should be blamed on one count and praised on two counts. For earning money unrighteously and inconsiderately he is blamed. For enjoying sensuality himself and for sharing it with others doing merit he is praised.

Householder, the one enjoying sensuality earning money righteously and unrighteously, considerately and inconsiderately and with the money neither enjoying sensuality nor sharing it with others doing merit, should be praised for one thing and blamed for three things. For earning money righteously and considerately he is praised. For earning money unrighteously and inconsiderately, for not enjoying sensuality himself and for not sharing it with others doing merit, he is blamed.

Householder, the one enjoying sensuality earning money righteously and unrighteously, considerately and inconsiderately and with the money enjoying sensuality not sharing it with others doing merit, should be praised for two things and blamed for two things. For earning money righteously and considerately and for enjoying sensuality, he is praised. For earning money unrighteously and inconsiderately and for not sharing it others doing merit, he is blamed.

Householder, the one enjoying sensuality earning money righteously and unrighteously, considerately and inconsiderately and with the money enjoying sensuality sharing it with others doing merit, should be praised on three counts and blamed on one count. For earning money unrighteously and inconsiderately, he is blamed. For earning money righteously and considerately, for enjoying sensuality himself and for sharing it with others doing merit he is praised.

Householder, a certain one enjoying sensuality earning money righteously and considerately and with the money neither enjoying sensuality nor sharing it with others doing merit, should be praised on one count and blamed on two counts. For earning money righteously and considerately he is praised. For not enjoying sensuality himself and for not sharing it others doing merit, he is blamed.

Householder, the one enjoying sensuality earning money righteously and considerately and with the money enjoying sensuality himself not sharing it with others doing merit, should be praised on two counts and blamed on one count. For earning money righteously and considerately and for enjoying sensuality himself, he is praised and for not sharing it with others doing merit, he is blamed.

Householder, the one enjoying sensuality earning money righteously and considerately and with the money enjoying sensuality and sharing it with others doing merit,

yet partaking it, bound and swooned, without seeing the danger and the escape from it, should be praised on three counts and blamed on one count. For earning money righteously and considerately, for enjoying sensuality himself and for sharing it with others doing merit, he is praised. For partaking it bound, swooned, not seeing the danger and the escape from it, he is blamed.

Householder, the one enjoying sensuality earning money righteously and considerately and with the money enjoying sensuality and sharing it with others doing merit,

partaking it, not enslaved not bound not swooned, wisely seeing the danger and the escape from it, should be praised on these four counts. For earning money righteously and considerately, for enjoying sensuality himself for sharing it with others doing merit and for partaking it not bound, not swooned, seeing the danger and the escape from it, he should be praised on all four counts.

Householder, of these ten enjoying sensuality and evident in the world, the one enjoying sensuality earning money righteously and considerately and with the money enjoying sensuality and sharing it with others doing merit, partaking it, not enslaved not bound not swooned, wisely seeing the danger and the escape from it is the chief, foremost and the noble. Householder, just as from a cow milk is begot, from milk curd, from curd butter, from butter ghee, from ghee the cream of ghee and the cream of ghee is the foremost. In the same manner, householder, of these ten enjoying sensuality and evident in the world, the one enjoying sensuality earning money righteously and considerately and with the money enjoying sensuality and sharing it with others doing merit, partaking it, not enslaved not bound not swooned, wisely seeing the danger and the escape from it, is the chief, foremost and the noble.