There is no satisfying the senses, not even with a shower of money. The senses are of slight pleasure and really suffering. When a wise man has realised this, he takes no pleasure, as a disciple of the Buddhas, even in the pleasures of heaven. Instead he takes pleasure in the elimination of craving.
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