法苑珠林 98.23

98.23

又毘尼母經云。尊者迦葉。責阿難為女人求出家中。彼有十事謫阿難。一者若女人不出家者。諸檀越等常應各各器盛食在道側䠒跪授與沙門。二者若女人不出家者。諸檀越等常應與衣服臥具。逆於道中求沙門受用。三者若女人不出家者。諸檀越等常應乘象馬車乘在於道側。以五體投地求沙門蹈而過。四者若女人不出家者。諸檀越輩常應在於路中。以髮布地求沙門蹈而過。五者若女人不出家者。諸檀越輩常應恭心請諸沙門到舍供養。六者若女人不出家者。諸檀越輩見諸沙門。常應恭心淨掃其地脫體上衣布地令沙門坐。七者若女人不出家者。諸檀越輩常應脫體上衣拂比丘足上塵。八者若女人不出家者。諸檀越輩常應舒髮拂比丘足上塵。九者若女人不出家者。沙門威德過於日月。況諸外道豈能正視於沙門首。十者若女人不出家者。佛之正法應住千年。今減五百年。一百年中得堅固解脫。一百年中得堅固定。一百年中得堅固持戒。一百年中得堅固多聞。一百年中得堅固布施。初百歲中有解脫堅固法。

Furthermore, the Vinayamātṛkā-sūtra states: The venerable Kāśyapa reproached Ānanda for requesting the ordination of women, rebuking Ānanda on ten counts: First, if women had not gone forth, the various dānapatis would constantly each have held vessels of food beside the roads, kneeling on both knees to offer it to the śramaṇas. Second, if women had not gone forth, the various dānapatis would constantly have offered robes and bedding, seeking out śramaṇas on the roads to accept and use them. Third, if women had not gone forth, the various dānapatis would constantly have ridden elephants, horses, and carriages, yet upon reaching the roadside, thrown their five limbs to the ground, begging the śramaṇas to tread upon them and pass by. Fourth, if women had not gone forth, the various dānapatis would constantly have laid their hair upon the roads, begging the śramaṇas to tread upon it and pass by. Fifth, if women had not gone forth, the various dānapatis would constantly, with respectful hearts, have invited the śramaṇas to their homes to make offerings. Sixth, if women had not gone forth, the various dānapatis upon seeing śramaṇas would constantly, with respectful hearts, have swept the ground clean, removed the garments from their bodies to spread upon the ground, and asked the śramaṇas to sit. Seventh, if women had not gone forth, the various dānapatis would constantly have removed the garments from their bodies to brush the dust from the bhikṣus' feet. Eighth, if women had not gone forth, the various dānapatis would constantly have unloosed their hair to brush the dust from the bhikṣus' feet. Ninth, if women had not gone forth, the majestic virtue of the śramaṇas would surpass that of the sun and moon, let alone the heterodox, who would never dare to look directly at a śramaṇa's head. Tenth, if women had not gone forth, the Buddha's saddharma would have endured for a thousand years; now it is reduced by five hundred years. In the [first] one hundred years, there is firm liberation; in the [second] one hundred years, there is firm samādhi; in the [third] one hundred years, there is firm upholding of precepts; in the [fourth] one hundred years, there is firm erudition; in the [fifth] one hundred years, there is firm dāna. In the first hundred years, the Dharma of liberation is firm.