法苑珠林 21.75

21.75

又薩婆多論云。寧以身分內毒蛇口中不犯女人。蛇有三事害人。有見而害人。有觸而害人。有齧而害人。女人亦有三害。若見女人而發欲想滅人善法。若觸女人身犯中罪滅人善法。若共交會身犯重罪滅人善法。一若為毒蛇所害害此一身。若為女人所害害無數身。二者若為毒蛇所害害報得無記身。若為女人所害害善法身。三者若為毒蛇所害害五識身。若為女人所害害六識身。四者若為毒蛇所害得入清眾。若為女人所害不與僧同。五者若為毒蛇所害。得生天上。人中值遇賢聖。若為女人所害入三惡道。六者若為毒蛇所害故得四沙門果。若為女人所害於八正道無所成益。七者若為毒蛇所害。人則慈念而救護之。若為女人所害眾共棄捨無心喜樂。以是因緣故。寧以身分內毒蛇口中。終不以此而觸女人。

Furthermore, the *Sarvāstivāda-śāstra* says: "It is better to place one's limbs into the mouth of a venomous serpent than to violate a woman. A serpent harms a person in three ways: some harm a person upon being seen; some harm a person upon contact; some harm a person by biting. A woman also has three harms: if one looks upon a woman and gives rise to lustful thoughts, it destroys one's wholesome dharmas; if one touches a woman's body, one commits a middling offense and destroys one's wholesome dharmas; if one engages in sexual intercourse with her, one commits a grave offense and destroys one's wholesome dharmas. First, if one is harmed by a venomous serpent, it harms this single body; if one is harmed by a woman, it harms countless bodies. Second, if one is harmed by a venomous serpent, it harms a karmically resultant, indeterminate body; if one is harmed by a woman, it harms the body of wholesome dharmas. Third, if one is harmed by a venomous serpent, it harms the body of the five consciousnesses; if one is harmed by a woman, it harms the body of the six consciousnesses. Fourth, if one is harmed by a venomous serpent, one may still enter the pure assembly; if one is harmed by a woman, one cannot remain together with the Saṃgha. Fifth, if one is harmed by a venomous serpent, one may be born in the heavens or encounter sages and worthies among humans; if one is harmed by a woman, one enters the three wretched realms. Sixth, if one is harmed by a venomous serpent, one may still attain the four fruits of the śramaṇa; if one is harmed by a woman, one derives no benefit from the Noble Eightfold Path. Seventh, if one is harmed by a venomous serpent, others will generate compassionate thoughts and rescue him; if one is harmed by a woman, the multitudes will abandon him together, having no joy or delight in their hearts. Because of these reasons, it is better to place one's limbs into the mouth of a venomous serpent than ever to touch a woman with them."