SN 35.230 Bāḷisikopama Sutta: The Fisherman Simile
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If a bhikkhu seeks delight in [the senses], welcomes them, and remains holding to them, he is called a bhikkhu who has swallowed Mara’s hook. He has met with calamity and disaster, and the Evil One can do with him as he wishes.
Sense pleasures are like a baited hook.