法苑珠林 92.12

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又百喻經云。昔有一人。其婦端正唯有鼻醜。其夫出外見他婦女。面貌端正其鼻甚好。便截他鼻持來歸家。急喚其婦。汝速出來。與汝好鼻。即割其鼻。以他鼻著。既不相著。復失其鼻。唐使其婦受大苦痛。世間愚人亦復如是。聞他宿舊沙門有大名德為人恭敬得大利養。便自假稱妄言有德。既失其利後傷其行。如截他鼻徒自傷損。世間愚人亦復如是。

Furthermore, the Sūtra of a Hundred Parables states: In the past there was a man whose wife was handsome except that her nose was ugly. The husband went out and saw another woman whose face was handsome and whose nose was very beautiful. He then cut off her nose and brought it home. Hurriedly calling to his wife, he said, 'Come out quickly! I will give you a fine nose.' He then cut off her nose and attached the other's nose to her face. As it did not adhere, she also lost her own nose, causing his wife to suffer great agony in vain. The foolish people of the world are also like this: hearing that a senior, experienced śramaṇa has great fame and virtue, is revered by people, and receives great gain and offerings, they make false claims, lying that they possess virtue. Not only do they lose that gain, but afterward they damage their own conduct—just as cutting off another's nose only harms oneself. The foolish people of the world are also like this.