諸經要集 7.45

7.45

又大菩薩藏經云。舍利子。若有眾生。味著男女妻妾諸女色欲。當知即是味著礫石之雹。即是味著利刀之刃。即是味著大熱鐵丸。即是味著坐熱鐵床。即是味著熱鐵几隥。舍利子。若有味著花鬘香塗。即是味著熱鐵花鬘亦是味著屎尿塗身。舍利子。若有攝受居處舍宅。當知攝受大熱鐵瓮。若有攝受奴婢作使。當知攝受地獄惡卒。若有攝受象馬駝驢牛羊雞豕。當知攝受地獄之中黑駮諸狗。又是攝百踰。繕那禁衛之卒。取要言之。若有攝受妻妾男女諸女色欲。當知即是攝受一切眾苦憂愁悲惱之聚。舍利子。寧當依附千踰繕那量大熱鐵床。是床極熱遍熱。猛焰洞然。於彼父母所給妻妾諸女色欲。乃至不以染愛之心遠觀其相。何況親附抱持之者。何以故。舍利子。當知婦人是眾苦本。是障礙本是殺害本。是繫縛本。是憂愁本。是怨對本。是生盲本。當知婦人滅聖慧眼。當知婦人如熱鐵花。散布於地足蹈其上。當知婦人。於諸邪性流布增長。舍利子。何因緣故。名為婦人。所言婦者。名加重擔。何以故。能使眾生受重擔故。能使眾生持於重擔有所行故。能使眾生荷於重擔遍周行故。能令眾生於此重擔心疲苦故。能令眾生為於重擔所煎迫故。能令眾生為於重擔所傷害故。舍利子。復以何緣。名之為婦。所言婦者。是諸眾生所輸委處。是貪愛奴所流沒處。是順婦者。所輸稅處。是婦媚者。所迷惑處。是婦勝者。所歸投處。是屈婦者。所憑仗處。婦自在者。所放逸處。為婦奴者。所疲苦處。隨婦轉者。所傾仰處。舍利子。以如是等諸因緣故。名是諸處。以之為婦。

Furthermore, the Mahābodhisattvapiṭaka-sūtra says: 'Śāriputra, if there are sentient beings who relish sexual desire for men, women, wives, concubines, and the forms of women, you should know that this is just like relishing a hailstorm of gravel and stones; it is just like relishing the blade of a sharp knife; it is just like relishing a red-hot iron ball; it is just like relishing sitting on a bed of red-hot iron; it is just like relishing a footstool of red-hot iron. Śāriputra, if anyone relishes flower garlands and fragrant ointments, it is just like relishing garlands of red-hot iron, and it is also like relishing smearing the body with feces and urine. Śāriputra, if anyone grasps at dwellings and houses, you should know that they grasp at a cauldron of red-hot iron. If anyone grasps at slaves and servants, you should know that they grasp at the evil wardens of hell. If anyone grasps at elephants, horses, camels, donkeys, cattle, sheep, chickens, and pigs, you should know that they grasp at the black and brindled hounds of hell, and they also grasp at imperial guard soldiers covering a hundred yojanas. To sum up: if anyone grasps at wives, concubines, sons, daughters, and the sexual desire for women, you should know that this is just like grasping at an aggregation of all sufferings, worries, griefs, and afflictions. Śāriputra, it would be better to lean against a bed of red-hot iron a thousand yojanas in size—a bed extremely hot, burning all over, with fierce flames blazing brightly—than to look from afar with a mind of defiled attachment at the appearance of wives, concubines, and women provided by one's parents for sexual desire, much less to approach and embrace them. Why is that? Śāriputra, you should know that woman is the root of all suffering, the root of obstacles, the root of slaughter, the root of bondage, the root of worry and grief, the root of enmity and opposition, and the root of congenital blindness. You should know that woman extinguishes the eye of noble wisdom. You should know that woman is like red-hot iron flowers strewn upon the ground, upon which one's feet tread. You should know that woman spreads and increases all evil natures. Śāriputra, for what reason is she called "woman" (fùrén)? The term fù means "to impose a heavy burden". Why? Because she causes sentient beings to receive a heavy burden; because she causes sentient beings to bear a heavy burden and go about; because she causes sentient beings to shoulder a heavy burden and wander everywhere; because she causes the minds of sentient beings to be weary and tormented under this heavy burden; because she causes sentient beings to be scorched and oppressed by this heavy burden; because she causes sentient beings to be harmed by this heavy burden. Śāriputra, again, by what reason is she called fù? What is called fù is the place where all sentient beings deliver their tribute; the place where the slaves of craving are swept away and drowned; the place to which those who comply with women pay their tax; the place where those charmed by women are infatuated; the place of refuge for those conquered by women; the place of reliance for those bent by women; the place of laxity for those under woman's control; the place of exhaustion and torment for those enslaved by women; the place of leaning and looking up to for those who follow women's whims. Śāriputra, it is on account of such causes and conditions as these that all such places are called "woman".'