經律異相 45.30

45.30

明婬荒之士。寧喪其親族。無息心於婬事。舍衛城邊有一婦人。抱兒持瓶詣井汲水。有一男子顏貌端正。坐井右邊彈瑟自娛。婦女人多欲耽著男子。男子亦樂女人女人迷荒。索繫兒頸懸於井中。尋還挽出。兒時已死。愁憂傷結呼天墮淚。而自說頌。佛集大眾告諸比丘。婬火熾盛能燒善本。婬荒之士不識善惡不別清白不知縛解。斯輩之人遂無慚愧。寧喪親族分受刑辱。或因姦婬殺害父母兄弟六親。王者所戮死受惡報。生生無極。昔有一人。篤好姦婬。父母所生唯此一子。夜非人時。天陰雷電帶刀持箭欲往婬女村。時母覺知。即捉曉喻。夜既陰闇為人所害。吾宿尠德唯有一子。會遇惡者吾無所恃。子報母曰。去不得復住。母知意正。便向兒處至。即拔刀刺殺其母。即打婬女門。女人應曰。汝是何人以誦答曰。

This illustrates that a man dissolute in lust would rather lose his relatives than calm his mind regarding lustful matters. By the side of the city of Śrāvastī there was a woman who, holding her child and carrying a pitcher, went to a well to draw water. There was a handsome man sitting to the right side of the well playing a zither for his own amusement. Women are mostly full of desire and become deeply attached to men; the man also took pleasure in the woman. The woman became infatuated and confused; tying a rope around the child's neck, she suspended it into the well. Soon afterwards she hauled it back out, but the child was already dead. In grief, sorrow, and deep distress, she called upon Heaven, weeping, and spoke a verse herself. The Buddha gathered the great assembly and addressed the monks: "The fire of lust blazes fiercely and can burn away the roots of goodness. A man dissolute in lust does not distinguish good from bad, does not differentiate pure from defiled, and does not understand bondage and liberation. People of this sort have no sense of shame or conscience; they would rather lose their relatives and take their share of punishment and humiliation. Or, because of illicit sex, they kill their parents, siblings, and the six relations. They are executed by kings and at death receive evil retribution, life after life without end. In the past there was a man who was deeply addicted to illicit lust. His parents had only this one son. At night, at an unearthly hour, while the sky was overcast with thunder and lightning, he strapped on a blade and took arrows, wishing to go to the village of courtesans. At that time his mother realized this; she at once took hold of him and admonished him: 'The night is already dark and murky; you will be harmed by others. My past merits are few, and I have only this one son. If you encounter evildoers, I will have no one to rely on.' The son answered his mother: 'I must go and cannot stay.' His mother knew his intention was firm, so she stepped before the son. At once he drew his blade and stabbed his mother to death. He then knocked on the courtesan's door. The woman answered: 'Who are you?' He answered with a verse: