[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [注維摩詰經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775) › 2.77 # 注維摩詰經 2.77 注維摩詰經 2.77 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.2.77) 什曰：外國有一女人，身體金色。有長者子名達暮多羅，以千兩金要入竹林，同載而去。文殊師利於中道變身為白衣，身著寶衣，衣甚嚴好。女人見之，貪心內發。文殊言：「汝欲得衣者，當發菩提心。」女曰：「何等為菩提心？」答曰：「汝身是也。」問曰：「云何是？」答曰：「菩提性空，汝身亦空，以此故是。」此女曾於迦葉佛所宿殖善本修智慧，聞是說即得無生法忍。得無生法忍已，將示欲之過，還與長者子入竹林。入林中已，自現身死膖脹臭爛。長者子見已甚大怖畏，往詣佛所。佛為說法，亦得法忍。示欲之過有如是利益也。肇曰：外國婬人別立聚落，凡豫士之流目不暫顧，而大士同其欲，然後示其過也。 > \[Kumāra\]jīva says: In a foreign land there was a woman of golden complexion. An elder's son named Dharmottara invited her with a thousand ounces of gold to enter a bamboo grove, and they rode off together. Mañjuśrī transformed himself on the road into a layman wearing precious garments, exceedingly splendid. When the woman saw him, covetousness arose in her. Mañjuśrī said: 'If you want to have this robe, you should give rise to the mind of awakening (bodhicitta).' The woman said: 'What is the mind of awakening?' He replied: 'Your body is it.' She asked: 'How is it so?' He replied: 'The nature of bodhi is empty, and your body is also empty; it is because of this.' This woman had in the past planted roots of goodness and cultivated wisdom under Kāśyapa Buddha; hearing this explanation, she immediately attained the tolerance of non-arising dharmas (anutpattikadharmakṣānti). Having attained the tolerance of non-arising dharmas, wishing to show the faults of sensual desire, she returned with the elder's son to the bamboo grove. Once in the grove, she manifested her own body as dead, bloated, and rotting with foul stench. When the elder's son saw this, he was terrified and went to the Buddha's place. The Buddha preached the Dharma for him, and he too attained the tolerance of dharmas. Showing the faults of sensual desire brings benefits such as this. \[Seng\]zhao says: In foreign lands, prostitutes establish separate settlements; worldly gentlemen would not look upon them even for a moment. Yet the mahāsattva shared in their desires, and only then revealed their faults. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.2.76) - [Next: 2.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.2.78) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775~en-mt.2.77) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [維摩經略疏垂裕記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1779.4.102) — Classical Chinese - [淨名經集解關中疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2777.1.249) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.2.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.2.77) · Pramāṇa