釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 2.78

2.78

First, scolding desire for form: namely, the handsome and elegant appearance of men and women, with slender eyes, high brows, vermilion lips, and white teeth; as well as worldly precious objects of blue, yellow, red, white, crimson, purple, light blue, green, and various wonderful colors, which make foolish people, upon seeing them, immediately generate attachment and commit various evil deeds. For example, King Bimbisāra, on account of desire for form, entered an enemy state alone into the chamber of the courtesan Āmrapālī. King Udayana, on account of lustful attachment to form, severed the hands and feet of five hundred ṛṣis. Through such various conditions, know the faults and transgressions of form, as extensively explained in the Mahāyāna [Treatise].