The Dangers of Sensual Pleasures and Self-Mortification
…to worldly ways. However, the school of thought which advocated self-mortification was like a cloud blocking the light of the sun in the spiritual thought of those days. Many people in those days were in-
In Buddhist teachings, indulgence in sensual pleasures is deemed harmful as it clouds the mind, encourages a household life, collects defilements, and is ultimately unprofitable. Similarly, self-morti