[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) › [摩訶止觀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911) › 4.136 # 摩訶止觀 4.136 摩訶止觀 4.136 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.4.136) 色欲者，所謂赤白長短、明眸善睞、素頸翠眉、皓齒丹脣；乃至依報，紅黃朱紫，諸珍寶物，惑動人心。如《禪門》中所說。色害尤深，令人狂醉；生死根本，良由此也。如難陀為欲持戒，雖得羅漢，習氣尚多，況復具縛者乎？國王耽荒無度，不顧宗廟社稷之重，為欲樂故，身入怨國。此間上代，亡國破家，多從欲起。赫赫宗周，褒姒滅之，即其事也。經云：「眾生貪狼於財色，坐之不得道。」《觀經》云：「色使所使，為恩愛奴，不得自在。」若能知色過患，則不為所欺。如是呵已，色欲即息，緣想不生，專心入定。 > Desire for forms refers to red and white, long and short, bright eyes with charming glances, fair necks and emerald brows, white teeth and vermilion lips; even environmental retribution, such as red, yellow, vermilion, and purple, and various precious treasures, which bewilder and agitate people's minds. It is as explained in the \*Chanmen\*. The harm of forms is particularly deep, driving people mad and intoxicated; the root of birth and death truly stems from this. For instance, Nanda maintained the precepts out of desire; although he attained arhatship, his lingering habitual tendencies were still numerous—how much more so for those who are fully bound? Kings indulge in dissipation without restraint, disregarding the gravity of ancestral temples and state altars, entering enemy states in person for the sake of sensual pleasure. In this land in previous ages, the ruin of states and the destruction of families mostly arose from desire. The illustrious ancestral Zhou was destroyed by Baosi—this is precisely the case. A sūtra says: "Sentient beings are ravenous for wealth and sex; because of this, they do not attain the path." The \*Guanjing\* says: "Driven by the proclivity of forms, one becomes a slave to affection, unable to attain independence." If one can know the faults and perils of forms, one will not be deceived by them. Having reproved them in this way, desire for forms will cease, conceptual thinking will not arise, and one enters samādhi with single-mindedness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.4.135) - [Next: 4.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.4.137) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911~en-mt.4.136) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.4.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.4.136) · Pramāṇa