Purābhedasuttaniddesa

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Mahāniddesa · Vol. 29 · Section 403

[403] **"Not flowing towards delights" (sātiyesu anassāvī):** the five strands of sensual pleasure (kāmaguṇā) are called "delights" (sātiyā). For what reason are the five strands of sensual pleasure called delights? For the most part, devas and human beings desire, delight in, wish for, long for, and hanker after the five strands of sensual pleasure; for that reason the five strands of sensual pleasure are called delights. Those in whom this craving (taṇhā) for delights is unabandoned — for them craving for forms flows, flows forth, streams, and continues from the eye; craving for sounds from the ear; craving for odours from the nose; craving for tastes from the tongue; craving for tangibles from the body; craving for mental phenomena flows, flows forth, streams, and continues from the mind. Those in whom this craving for delights is abandoned, cut off, calmed, stilled, rendered incapable of arising again, burned by the fire of knowledge (ñāṇa) — for them craving for forms does not flow, does not flow forth, does not stream, does not continue from the eye; craving for sounds from the ear … craving for mental phenomena does not flow, does not flow forth, does not stream, does not continue from the mind. Hence, "not flowing towards delights."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.