[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) › 99.18 # 法苑珠林 99.18 法苑珠林 99.18 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [99.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.99.18) 第二道迹斯陀含人。自念我身。不宜習此婬欲如餘凡夫。說情欲穢樂於無欲。晝夜觀察修習污露。婬怒癡尠得往來道。一反還世斷勤苦原。以得往還。於諸愛欲無起清淨。婬怒癡薄。心常未斷。固有惱患。譬如男子有婦端正面目無瑕。以諸瓔珞莊嚴其身。夫甚愛敬。雖有是色。然是婬鬼。非是真人。唯人肉血以為飲食。有人語夫。卿婦羅剎肉血為食。夫不信人數數語之。夫心遂疑意欲試之。夜臥揚出鼾聲如眠。婦謂定眠。竊起出城。詣於塚間。夫尋逐後。見婦脫衣及諸寶飾却著一面。面色變惡。口出長牙。頭上焰然。眼赤如火。甚為可畏。前近死人。手摑其肉。口齧食之。夫見如是。爾乃知之非人是鬼。便急還家臥於床上。婦即尋還來趣夫床。復臥如故。其夫見婦莊嚴瓔珞面色端正。乃還親近。假使念之在於塚間噉死人肉。心雖穢厭又懷恐悑。迴心觀婦還起欲心。得往還道斯陀含人若見外形端正姝好。婬意還動。若說污露瑕穢不淨婬意即滅。於是頌曰。 > Regarding the second path-trace, the sakṛdāgāmin: He reflects to himself: 'My body should not indulge in this lust like ordinary people.' Speaking of the defilement of sensual passions, he delights in desirelessness, day and night observing and practicing the contemplation of impurity. With lust, anger, and delusion diminished, he attains the path of once-returning, returning to the world once more to sever the source of toil and suffering. Having attained once-returning, his purity arises without the stirring of desires; lust, anger, and delusion are thinned, yet in his mind they are not constantly severed, so there are still afflictions. For example, a man has a wife whose face is upright and flawless, her body adorned with various necklaces of gems. The husband deeply loves and respects her. Although she has such beauty, she is nevertheless a lustful demon, not a real human, and takes only human flesh and blood as her food and drink. Someone tells the husband: 'Your wife is a rākṣasī who eats flesh and blood.' The husband does not believe the person, though he is told repeatedly. The husband's mind eventually grows suspicious, and he wishes to test her. Lying down at night, he lets out snoring sounds as if asleep. The wife, assuming he is sound asleep, secretly gets up, leaves the city, and goes to the cemetery. The husband follows behind her and sees his wife take off her clothes and all her jewel ornaments, setting them aside. Her facial complexion turns hideous, long fangs emerge from her mouth, flames blaze upon her head, and her eyes are red as fire, exceedingly terrifying. Approaching a corpse, she tears its flesh with her hands and bites and eats it with her mouth. Seeing this, the husband only then knows she is not a human but a demon. He quickly returns home and lies down upon the bed. The wife immediately returns, comes to her husband's bed, and lies down again as before. When the husband sees his wife adorned with gem necklaces and her facial complexion upright and beautiful, he again draws close to her. Even if he recalls her in the cemetery devouring corpses, and though his mind is disgusted and harbors terror, when he turns his mind to look at his wife, lustful desire arises again. The sakṛdāgāmin who has attained the path of once-returning is just like this: if he sees an external form that is upright and lovely, lustful intentions stir again; if he speaks of the impurities and filthy defects, lustful intentions are extinguished at once. Thereupon the verses say: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 99.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.99.17) - [Next: 99.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.99.19) - [Up: 99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.99) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.99.18) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [修行道地經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.marga.yogacarabhumi*zh-dharmaraksa.6.30) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.99.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.99.18) · Pramāṇa