[114] It is possible (ṭhānaṁ vijjati), Cunda, that wanderers of other sects might speak thus: "The ascetics who are sons of the Sakyan dwell devoted to indulgence in pleasure (sukhallikānuyoga)." Cunda, wanderers of other sects who speak thus should be told: "What, friend, is that indulgence in pleasure? For indulgences in pleasure are many, manifold, of different kinds."
These four indulgences in pleasure, Cunda, are low, vulgar, belonging to the ordinary person, ignoble, unconnected with benefit; they do not lead to disenchantment (nibbidā), to dispassion (virāga), to cessation (nirodha), to peace (upasama), to direct knowledge (abhiññā), to awakening (sambodhi), to Nibbāna. What four?
Here, Cunda, some fool, having killed living beings, makes himself happy and gratified: this is the first indulgence in pleasure. Again, Cunda, here someone, having taken what was not given, makes himself happy and gratified: this is the second indulgence in pleasure. Again, Cunda, here someone, having spoken falsehood, makes himself happy and gratified: this is the third indulgence in pleasure. Again, Cunda, here someone, furnished and endowed with the five cords of sensual pleasure (kāmaguṇa), amuses himself with them: this is the fourth indulgence in pleasure.
These four indulgences in pleasure, Cunda, are low, vulgar, belonging to the ordinary person, ignoble, unconnected with benefit; they do not lead to disenchantment, to dispassion, to cessation, to peace, to direct knowledge, to awakening, to Nibbāna.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.