[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) › 7.15 # 諸經要集 7.15 諸經要集 7.15 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.7.15) 以為欲可使　放意不能安 習近於非法　將何以為賢 常在三惡道　宛轉如車輪 若世時有佛　而已不得聞 女人最為惡　難與為因緣 恩愛一縛著　牽人入罪門 女人有何好　但是諸不淨 何不諦計是　為此發狂荒 其內甚臭穢　外為嚴飾容 加又含毒螫　劇如蛇與龍 亦如魚食鉤　飛蛾入燈火 專心投色欲　不惟後受禍 > "Thinking that desire can be obeyed, / indulging the mind without restraint, one cannot find peace. / Practicing close familiarity with what is contrary to Dharma, / how can one be considered virtuous? / Constantly in the three evil destinies, / turning round and round like a cartwheel; / even if a Buddha should appear in the world, / one is already unable to hear \[his teaching\]. / Women are the most evil, / difficult to form bonds with. / Once love and affection bind one fast, / they pull a person into the gate of sin. / What beauty is there in a woman? / It is nothing but all manner of impurities. / Why not carefully consider this, / instead of going mad for its sake? / Inside it is exceedingly foul and filthy, / though outside she adorns her appearance; / moreover, she harbors a poisonous sting, / fiercer than serpents and dragons. / It is also like a fish swallowing a hook, / or a flying moth entering a lamp flame: / wholeheartedly throwing oneself into lustful beauty, / heedless of the calamity to be suffered later." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.7.14) - [Next: 7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.7.16) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123~en-mt.7.15) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.7.15) · Pramāṇa