Friends:

The Pros and Cons of Hedonism: Change!!!:

If, friends, one is not freed of lust, desire, attraction, thirst,
passion and craving for the manifold various forms, feelings,
experiences, constructions and types of consciousness, then 
with the inevitable change in & alteration of these forms, 
feelings, experiences, constructions & types of consciousness,
one invariably experiences disappointment, dissatisfaction, 
discontent, frustration, sorrow, pain and despair... !!! One who 
lives immersed in these derivatives of greed, therefore suffers
in this very life from the continual fever of wanting, needing, 
hankering, vexation and urge... Moreover, when dying and this 
body is breaking up, the greedy can expect a bad destination!!!
This is the immanent danger & side-effect of desire & craving...

If, however, one is freed of all lust, desire, attraction, thirst,
passion and craving for the manifold various forms, feelings,
experiences, constructions and types of consciousness, then 
with the inevitable change in & alteration of these, one does not 
experience any disappointment, dissatisfaction, discontent, pain, 
frustration, sorrow, nor despair... Not living immersed in these 
derivatives of greed, one does therefore not suffer from any 
fever of neither wanting, nor vexation nor urge. Moreover, when 
dying & this body is breaking up, such cooled & calmed one can 
expect a good destination!!! This is the quite blissful advantage 
and assured benefit of removal desire and craving here & now...

         Hunting pleasure produces delayed & hidden pain...
         Relinquishing pleasure gives ease now & bliss later... 

Source: Venerable Sariputta, General of the Dhamma.
The Grouped Sayings by the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya III 7-9
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