太子瑞應本起經 1.27

1.27

「太子徐起，聽妻氣息，視眾伎女，皆如木人，百節空空，譬如芭蕉。中有亂頭猗鼓，委擔伏琴，更相荷枕，臂脚垂地，鼻涕目淚，口中流涎。琴瑟箏笛，樂器縱橫，鵁鶄鴛鴦，警備之輩，皆悉淳昏而臥。太子遍觀，旋視其妻，具見形體，髮爪髓腦，骨齒髑髏，皮膚肌肉，筋脉肪血，心肺脾腎，肝膽腸𦝩，屎尿涕唾，外為革囊，中盛臭處，無一可奇；強熏以香，飾以華綵。譬如假借當還，亦不得久計，百年之壽，臥消其半；又多憂患，其樂無幾。婬妷敗德，令人愚癡，非彼諸佛別覺真人所稱譽也。故曰：『貪婬致老，瞋恚致病，愚癡致死。除此三者，乃可得道。』

"The prince rose slowly, listened to his wife's breathing, and saw the singing-girls all like wooden figures, their hundred joints completely empty, just like plantain trees. Among them, some had disheveled hair leaning against drums; some lay sprawled across lutes; some used one another as pillows, their arms and legs drooping to the floor, snot and tears flowing from their eyes, and saliva running from their mouths. Lutes, zithers, zheng, and flutes, musical instruments lay scattered crisscross; the night-herons, mandarin ducks, and other watchful creatures were all sound asleep. The prince surveyed them all, and turning back, looked at his wife, seeing fully the physical body: hair, nails, marrow, and brain; bones, teeth, and skull; skin and flesh; sinews, vessels, fat, and blood; heart, lungs, spleen, and kidneys; liver, gallbladder, intestines, and stomach; feces, urine, snot, and spittle. Outwardly a leather bag, inwardly containing foulness, with nothing that could be admired. It is merely perfumed with incense and adorned with flower-like colors. Just as a borrowed thing must be returned and cannot be kept for long, so in a lifespan of a hundred years, half is wasted in sleep; furthermore, there is much grief and affliction, and its pleasure is meager. Sensuality ruins virtue and makes people foolish; it is not praised by the Buddhas, pratyekabuddhas, or true people. Therefore it is said: "Greed and lust lead to old age; anger and hatred lead to sickness; ignorance and folly lead to death. Only by eliminating these three can one attain the Way."'"