[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) › [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122) › 21.67 # 法苑珠林 21.67 法苑珠林 21.67 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [21.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.21.67) 夫在家俗女患毒多過。佛說邪諂甚於男子。或假塗面首調飾脂粉。或綺羅華服誑誘愚夫。或驕弄脣口邪眄歌笑。或咨嗟吟詠瞻視看人。或出胸露手掩面藏頭。或緩步徐行搖身弄影。或開眼閉目乍悲乍喜。幻惑愚夫令心妄著。如是妖偽卒難述盡。凡夫迷醉皆為所惑。譬如姦賊種種多詐。亦如畫瓶儲糞誑人。亦如高羅群鳥落之。亦如密網眾魚投之。亦如闇坑盲者陷之。亦如飛蛾見火投之。亦如蒼蠅貪樂臭屍。近則失國破家。觸則如把毒蛇。外言如蜜內心如鴆。家貧困苦皆由女人。出外喪身亦由女人。室家不和亦由女人。男女反逆亦由女人。兄弟離散亦由女人。宗親疏索亦由女人。墜墮惡道亦由女人。不生人天亦由女人。障善業道亦由女人。不入聖果亦由女人。如是過患不可具論。眾生如是甚為可愍。常為慾火所燒而不能離。致受殃苦爾來不絕也。 > Laywomen in the household have many faults of affliction and poison. The Buddha taught that their deceitful flattery exceeds that of men. Some falsely apply paint to face and head, decorating themselves with rouge and powder. Some wear patterned silks and fine clothes to entice and deceive foolish men. Some proudly play with their lips, casting sidelong glances, singing, and laughing. Some sigh and hum, looking around and watching people. Some bare their chests and expose their hands, masking the face and concealing the head. Some walk slowly with measured steps, swaying the body and playing with their shadows. Some open and close their eyes, now sorrowful, now joyful, hallucinating and confusing foolish men to cause their minds to cling delusionally. Such seductive deceits can hardly be fully recounted. Worldly ordinary beings become besotted and are all bewildered by them. They are like treachery and deceit in manifold ways, like a painted vase storing dung to deceive people, like a high net into which flocks of birds fall, like a dense net into which schools of fish cast themselves, like a dark pit into which the blind stumble, like flying moths seeing fire and throwing themselves into it, and like bluebottles craving the joy of a stinking corpse. Approaching them brings the loss of the country and destruction of the family. Touching them is like grasping a poisonous snake. Their outward speech is like honey; their inner mind is like venom. Household poverty and distress all stem from women. Going abroad and losing one's life also stems from women. Domestic discord also stems from women. Rebellion of sons and daughters also stems from women. Brothers dispersing also stems from women. Estrangement of kin also stems from women. Falling into the miserable destinies also stems from women. Failure to be reborn among humans and devas also stems from women. Obstruction of the path of wholesome karma also stems from women. Failure to attain the noble fruits also stems from women. Such faults and perils cannot be fully discussed. Sentient beings being like this are deeply pitiable. Constantly burned by the fire of desire and unable to leave it, they bring upon themselves calamities and suffering that continue endlessly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 21.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.21.66) - [Next: 21.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.21.68) - [Up: 21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.21) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.21.67) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.21.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.21.67) · Pramāṇa