佛說佛名經 26.23
English (machine translation) 26.23
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26.23
The horse-headed rākṣasa answered: 'These śramaṇas received the Buddha's pure precepts but failed to protect and maintain them. They slept in the houses of white-robed laity without having them officially bestowed upon them, or because of this sight they gave rise to lustful thoughts; they defiled pure-practicing monks (bhikṣus) and defiled nuns (bhikṣuṇīs); and they stole the property of the saṅgha (saṅghadravya). Due to these sins, they fall into this hell. Later, when they obtain human form, they will fall into the five rebellious sins (ānantarya); their families will be poor, cold, and base, with ragged clothes that cannot cover their bodies, having no home of their own, dwelling exposed to the wind.'
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