太子瑞應本起經 1.27

1.27

"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."'"