[260] Bhikkhus, suppose there were a bronze cup of a beverage possessed of good color, possessed of good aroma, possessed of good flavor, but it was mixed with poison. Then a man might come along, scorched by the heat, oppressed by the heat, weary, parched, and thirsty. They would say to him thus: "Good man, this bronze cup of a beverage is possessed of good color, possessed of good aroma, possessed of good flavor, but it is mixed with poison. Drink it if you wish. For as you drink it, it will please you with its color, its aroma, and its flavor; but having drunk it, on that account you will meet with death or with deadly suffering (dukkha)." He would drink that cup of beverage rashly, without reflecting, and would not relinquish it. On that account he would meet with death or with deadly suffering.
Even so, bhikkhus, whatever ascetics or brahmins in the past regarded whatever in the world has a pleasing nature, an agreeable nature … in the future … whatever ascetics or brahmins at present regard whatever in the world has a pleasing nature, an agreeable nature as permanent, regard it as pleasant, regard it as self, regard it as health, regard it as security—they nurture craving (taṇhā). Those who nurture craving nurture acquisitions (upadhi); those who nurture acquisitions nurture suffering; those who nurture suffering are not freed from birth, aging, death, from sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, and despair; they are not freed from suffering, I say.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.