- Verses of the Senior Monks 1.93 Theragāthā 1.93
- The Book of the Ones Ekakanipāta
- Chapter Ten Dasamavagga
Eraka Erakattheragāthā
Sensual pleasures are suffering, Eraka! “Dukkhā kāmā eraka, Sensual pleasures aren’t happiness, Eraka! Na sukhā kāmā eraka; One who enjoys sensual pleasures Yo kāme kāmayati, enjoys suffering, Eraka! Dukkhaṁ so kāmayati eraka; One who doesn’t enjoy sensual pleasures Yo kāme na kāmayati, doesn’t enjoy suffering, Eraka! Dukkhaṁ so na kāmayati erakā”ti.
… Erako thero ….