The Long Āgama Sūtra 5.21

5.21

「其後此地復生麤厚地肥，亦香美可食，不如前者，是時眾生復取食之，久住世間。其食多者，色轉麤醜，其食少者，色猶悅澤，端正醜陋，迭相是非，遂生諍訟，地肥於是遂不復生；其後此地生自然粳米，無有糠糩，色味具足，香潔可食；是時眾生復取食之，久住於世，便有男女，互共相視，漸有情欲，轉相親近，其餘眾生見已，語言：『汝所為非！汝所為非！』即排擯驅遣出於人外，過三月已，然後還歸。」

“After that, the Earth again grew a crude form of earth fat, which was also fragrant, delicious, and edible, but not as much as before. The sentient beings again took and ate it, and it continued in the world for a long time. Those who ate a great deal of it had a crude and ugly appearance, and those who ate a little of it still had a delightful appearance. The handsome and the ugly beings disagreed with each other, which caused them to fight. At that point, the earth fat didn’t grow anymore.

“After that, the Earth grew naturally polished rice that lacked any chaff. It was perfect in appearance and flavor, fragrant, and edible. Sentient beings again took and ate it, and it continued in the world for a long time. Thereupon, male and female beings appeared who were mutually attracted to each other, and slowly their affection developed into intimacy. The other sentient beings saw this and said, ‘You are wrongdoers! You are wrongdoers!’ They then chased and drove those people away, but they returned after three months.”