[49] "Householder, suppose a man were to take a blazing grass torch and walk against the wind. What do you think, householder? If that man did not quickly let go of that blazing grass torch, would not that blazing grass torch burn his hand, or burn his arm, or burn one or another of his limbs, greater or lesser, and would he not, on that account, incur death or suffering (dukkha) verging on death?"
"So it is, venerable sir."
"Even so, householder, a noble disciple reflects thus: 'Sensual pleasures (kāmā) have been said by the Blessed One to be like a grass torch, bringing much suffering, bringing much despair; the danger herein is still greater.' Having seen this thus as it really is with right wisdom (sammappaññā) … he develops only that equanimity."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.