10 Thorns
Ten thorns to wholesome delights:
- Pleasure in society is a thorn to delight in seclusion
- The mark of the fair is a thorn to delight in concentration on the foul
- Pleasure in shows is a thorn to one guarding the sense-doors
- Pleasure with consorting with women/men is a thorn to the Brahma-life
- Sound is a thorn to attaining the first jhana
- Thought directed and sustained is a thorn to the second jhana
- Zest is a thorn to the third jhana
- In-and-out breathing is a thorn to the fourth jhana
- Awareness and feeling are a thorn to the attainment of the ending of awareness and feeling
- Lust, malice, and delusion are thorns to nibbana