3.Fame: High positions and renowned sta-tus. While fame may not necessarily be a bad thing, but disputes over them can cause friends and family to become enemies. Moreover, high positions can cause hatred and jealousy, arrogance, flattery, arrogance, greed and attachment{8}. Tall trees catch much wind, and fame attracts jealousy. The higher you get, the deeper you fall. If fame does not fit into the role taken, the con-sequence will not be wholesome.

4.Food and Drink: Tasty and delicious food. Human beings cannot survive without food. However, if we eat only to satisfy our taste buds, it will cause our body to be sick, and sometimes even death due to food poisoning. Some wars in this world occur due to the fight over provender; bad relationships often occur due to unequal dis-tribution of benefits. People kill living beings in order to fill up their stomach. Despite this, some people use up all their money and sell out their properties because of the expenditure on expen-sive food. Thus, a lot of guilt and evil are hidden inside delicious foods.

5.Sleep: Laziness and dullness. In daily life, after working during the day, we definitely need to rest and recuperate at night. However, if we sleep too much, we will be lethargic for whole day. Because of sleep, our career and also our cultivation can be ruined. Buddha had once scolded Aniruddha{9}, “You are the same as the clam in the shell, having slept for one thou-sand year and never get the chance to hear the Buddha’s name.”

Sentient beings often cling to short periods of indulgence, and eventually become a slave of these five desires. As a result they are unable to transcend the Three Realms{10}. The five de-sires are like honey on the blade, and we face the danger of hurting ourselves if we try to lick it. Therefore, the right path to being happy is less desires, and we will feel content in every mo-ment.

【Key Words】

 {8} Attachment 執著
{9} Aniruddha 阿那律
{10} The Three Realms 三界