[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) › [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123) › 14.26 # 諸經要集 14.26 諸經要集 14.26 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [14.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.14.26) 夫婬聲敗德。智者之所不行。欲相迷神。聖人之所皆離。是以周幽喪國。信褒姒之愆。晉獻亡家。實麗姬之罪。獨角山上不悟騎頸之羞。期在廟堂。寧悟焚身之痛。皆為欲界眾生不修觀解。繫地煩惱不能斷伏。且地水火風。誰為宰主。身受心法本性皆空。薄皮厚皮周旋不淨。生藏熟藏。穢惡難論。常欲牽人墮三惡道。是以菩薩大士。恒修觀行。臭處流溢遍身皆滿。六塵怨賊每相觸惱。五陰旃陀難可親近。凡夫顛倒縱此貪迷。妄見妖姿封著華態。皓齒丹脣長眉高髻。弄影逶迤增妍美艶。所以洛川解珮。能稅駕於陳王。漢曲弄珠。遂留情於交甫。巫山臺上。託雲雨以去來。舒姑水側。寄泉流而還往。遂使然香之氣。逈襲韓壽之衣。彈琴之曲。懸領相如之意。或因廌枕而成親。或藉掛冠而為密。豈知形如聚沫質似浮雲。內外俱空須臾散滅。舉身不淨遍體無常。方棄溝渠以充螻蟻。凡是眾生有此邪行。乖梵天道。障菩提業。為四趣因。感三塗果。是知三有之本寔由婬業。六趣之報特因愛染。以潤業偏重故。聖制不為也（此下有四種緣）。 > Now, the sounds of lust corrupt virtue; the wise do not engage in them. The forms of desire bewilder the spirit; the sages have all abandoned them. Thus King You of Zhou lost his state, truly the fault of his trust in Baosi; Duke Xian of Jin brought ruin to his house, verily the crime of Liji. Atop Mount Ekaśṛṅga, \[the rishi\] did not perceive the shame of having his neck ridden; as his expectation lay in the court, how could he realize the anguish of burning his body? All this is because the sentient beings of the desire realm do not cultivate contemplative understanding, and are unable to sever or subdue the afflictions that bind them to the plane \[of existence\]. Moreover, among earth, water, fire, and wind, which is the master? Body, feelings, mind, and dharmas are by their original nature completely empty. Thin skin and thick skin wrap around impurity; the stomach and the bowels are foul beyond description. They constantly tend to drag people down into the three evil destinies. Therefore, great bodhisattva beings constantly cultivate contemplative practice: foul orifices discharge and overflow, filling the entire body; the enemy thieves of the six sense objects constantly harass and disturb; the caṇḍālas of the five aggregates can hardly be approached. Ordinary worldlings are deluded and give free rein to this greedy infatuation; they falsely view seductive appearances and cling to fleeting charms—white teeth, vermilion lips, long brows, and high topknots, moving with graceful shadows and enhancing their alluring beauty. Thus untying the jade pendant by the Luo River could cause the Prince of Chen to halt his carriage; toying with the pearl by the bend of the Han River led \[Zheng\] Jiaofu to leave his heart behind. Atop the terrace of Mount Wu, they entrusted their coming and going to clouds and rain; beside the waters of Shugu, they sent their visits back and forth via the flowing springs. Thus was the scent of burning incense made to waft far into Han Shou’s robes, and the music played upon the zither caused \[Zhuo Wenjun\] to comprehend Sima Xiangru’s intentions from afar. Some became intimate through the deer-skin pillow; some became clandestine through the hung cap. How do they not know that the form is like a mass of foam, its substance like a floating cloud, both inside and out completely empty, dispersing and perishing in an instant? The entire body is impure, the whole frame impermanent; then it is discarded into gutters and ditches to feed ants and crickets. Whenever sentient beings engage in this misconduct, it contravenes the way of Brahmā and obstructs the karma of bodhi; it is the cause of the four destinies and brings about the fruit of the three paths. Thus we know that the root of the three realms of existence is truly caused by the karma of lust, and the retributions of the six destinies specifically stem from the defilement of attachment. Because this moistening karma is especially weighty, the holy prohibitions forbid it. (Below this are four sections). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 14.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.14.25) - [Next: 14.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.14.27) - [Up: 14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.14) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123~en-mt.14.26) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.75.6) — 道世, Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.14.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.14.26) · Pramāṇa