[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) › [註四十二章經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1794) › 1.243 # 註四十二章經 1.243 註四十二章經 1.243 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.243](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1794.1.243) 佛言：「人有患婬情不止，踞斧刃上以自除其陰。佛謂之曰：『若使斷陰，不如斷心。心為功曹，若止功曹，從者都息。』」 > The Buddha said: "A person suffered from relentless lustful desires and sat on an axe blade to sever his own genitals. The Buddha said to him: 'Severing the genitals is not as good as severing the mind. The mind is the commander; if the commander is stopped, the followers will all cease.'" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.242](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1794.1.242) - [Next: 1.244](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1794.1.244) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1794.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1794~en-mt.1.243) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [四十二章經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1.36) — Classical Chinese - [འཕགས་པ་དུམ་བུ་ཞེ་གཉིས་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.359a.1) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1794.1.243](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1794.1.243) · Pramāṇa