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The Buddhist master Vasubandhu used various examples to show how attachment to sense pleasures creates suffering.

Moths are ensnared by attachment to visual forms when they fly into the flame;

Deer to sounds when they are enticed by the hunter's flute;

Flies to smells when they land on food and are swatted;

Fish to food when they are impaled on the hook;

And elephants to tactile sensations when they sink helplessly into mud.


Meanwhile, humans are ensnared by attachment to all five!
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