勸發菩提心集 2.11

2.11

有邪婬者問曰：若夫主不知不見不惱他有何罪？答曰：夫妻之情異身同體，奪所愛敬破他本心，是名為賊。又復惡名醜聲為人所憎，少樂多畏，或畏刑戮。又畏夫主傍人所知，多懷妄語，聖人所呵。又復思惟：我婦他妻同為女人，骨肉情態彼此無異。而我何為橫生惑心隨逐邪意，邪婬之人破失今世後世之樂。迴己易處，以自制心。若彼侵我妻，我則忿恚。我若侵彼，彼亦無異，恕己自制。如佛所說，邪婬之人後墮劍樹地獄，眾苦備受，得出為人，家道不穆，常值婬婦，邪僻殘賊邪婬為患。譬如蝮蛇，亦如大火，不急避之，禍害將至。如佛所說，邪婬有十罪：一者常為所婬夫主欲遮害之。二者夫婦不穆，常共鬪諍。三者諸不善法日日增長，於諸善法日日損減。四者不守護身，妻子孤寡。五者財產日耗。六者有諸惡事，常為人疑。七者親屬知識所不喜愛。八者種怨家業。九者身壞命終死生地獄。十者若出為女，多人共夫。若為男子，婦不貞潔。

A person guilty of sexual misconduct asked: “If the husband does not know, does not see, and is not distressed, what sin is there?” Answer: “The bond between husband and wife consists of different bodies sharing one flesh. To rob what is loved and respected and break their original devotion is called theft. Furthermore, one acquires an evil reputation and disgraceful notoriety, being despised by others; there is little pleasure and much fear, or fear of corporal punishment and execution. Moreover, fearing detection by the husband or bystanders, one harbours much deceitful speech, which is rebuked by the sages. Furthermore, one reflects: ‘My wife and another's wife are both women, with no difference in flesh, bone, passions, or demeanor. Why then should I arbitrarily give rise to a deluded mind and pursue depraved intentions?’ One who commits sexual misconduct destroys and loses the happiness of both this life and the next. Put oneself in their place to restrain one's own mind: ‘If someone were to violate my wife, I would be furious. If I violate another's wife, he would be no different.’ Forgiving others and restraining oneself. As the Buddha taught, a person who commits sexual misconduct will later fall into the Sword-Tree Hell, enduring all kinds of suffering; and if he manages to emerge as a human being, his family life will not be harmonious, he will constantly meet with unchaste women, and depravity, cruelty, and ruin will afflict him. Sexual misconduct is a disaster: like a viper or a great fire, if one does not quickly avoid it, disaster will soon arrive. As the Buddha taught, sexual misconduct has ten sins: First, one is constantly targeted for restraint and harm by the husband of the woman violated. Second, husband and wife are not harmonious, constantly quarrelling and fighting. Third, all unwholesome dharmas increase day by day, while all wholesome dharmas diminish day by day. Fourth, one does not protect oneself, leaving wife and children orphaned and widowed. Fifth, one's wealth and property diminish day by day. Sixth, when evil events occur, one is constantly suspected by others. Seventh, relatives and acquaintances take no joy or affection in one. Eighth, one plants the karma of enmity. Ninth, at the dissolution of the body after death, one dies and is born in hell. Tenth, if one emerges as a woman, she shares a husband with many others; if one emerges as a man, his wife will not be chaste.”