法苑珠林 75.29

75.29

Also, the Zā pìyù jīng says: When the Buddha was in the world, a brahman had two daughters, both of whom were beautiful. He deliberately suspended gold, advertising for ninety days that if anyone could decry his daughters as ugly, he would give them the gold. In the end, no one responded. He brought them to the Buddha's place. The Buddha then rebuked them, saying: 'These daughters are entirely ugly; there is nothing good about them.' Ānanda said to the Buddha: 'These daughters are truly beautiful, yet the Buddha calls them bad. What is not good about them?' The Buddha said: 'The human eye not looking at form is a good eye; the ear, nose, and mouth are likewise. The body not clinging to fine smoothness is a good body. The hands not stealing others' property are good hands. Now, observing these daughters: their eyes look at forms, their ears listen to sounds, their noses smell scents, their bodies delight in fine smoothness, and their hands delight in stealing property. Such as these are all not good.'