佛說處處經 1.43

English (machine translation) 1.43

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1.43

"The Buddha sent Śāriputra to go for piṇḍapāta, and he passed by the house of a courtesan. The woman then closed the door and performed sorcery, saying to Śāriputra: 'If you do not engage in lust with me, you shall enter this great fire.' Śāriputra replied, saying: 'I would rather enter this fire than engage in lust with you; lust causes people to fall into the evil destinies without any time of escape.' A deva then descended to save him. The Buddha said: 'It is only that people cannot guard the precepts; if they can guard them, they will never need to worry about being struck by heterodox ways.'"

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