འཕགས་པ་ཆས་ཀྱ་ཕང་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 11

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the lump concealers, the wind expellers, and the desire catchers. They incessantly eat at the bodies of women. Because of this, women are completely ablaze with afflictions, yet are never satisfied by indulging in their desires. Consequently, knowing that women have such great faults, the Thus-Gone One added additional rules to the fundamental precepts.²⁵

“Śāriputra, you should teach this Dharma discourse on the sections of Dharma over and over again to the four assemblies.²⁶ Why? So that they will come to know that the body and the sense pleasures are to be despised. Śāriputra, knowing this body to be a fabrication, apart from immature, ordinary beings with no education, no one would continue clinging to the sense pleasures—it would be impossible. Śāriputra, that being the case, you should not be fond of this body. In particular, do not be attached to it.” Thus spoke the Blessed One.

After the Well-Gone One had uttered those words, the Teacher continued, saying the following:

“These bodies that arise from filth
Are always home to many creatures.
Filled to the brim with urine and excrement,
It is to these that immature beings cling.

“Monks and nuns,
Laymen and laywomen,
Upon hearing this, let go of their desire.
Free from desire, they are liberated.

“To practitioners of the Dharma
I did not teach these faults.
It is to whomever indulges in desires
That I explained these faults.

“Just as the Buddha has taught,
Once those who fantasize upon seeing women
Understand this genuine encouragement,
Those wise ones will no longer have such thoughts.”

After the Blessed One had spoken these words, venerable Śāriputra, together with the whole world and its gods, humans, and demigods, rejoiced and praised the teaching of the Blessed One.