[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) › [四十二章經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784) › 1.36 # 四十二章經 1.36 四十二章經 1.36 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1.36) 佛言：「人有患婬，情不止，踞斧刃上，以自除其陰。佛謂之曰：『若斷陰不如斷心，心為功曹，若止功曹，從者都息；邪心不止，斷陰何益？斯須即死？』」佛言：「世俗倒見，如斯癡人。」 > The Buddha said: "There was a man afflicted with lust whose passions did not cease; he squatted over the edge of an axe to cut off his own genitals. The Buddha said to him: 'Severing your genitals is not as good as severing your mind. The mind is the officer-in-charge; if you halt the officer-in-charge, his followers will all cease. If the perverse mind does not cease, what benefit is there in severing the genitals? You would die in an instant.'" The Buddha said: "The inverted views of the worldly are like this foolish man." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1.35) - [Next: 1.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1.37) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784~en-mt.1.36) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [註四十二章經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1794.1.243) — Classical Chinese - [འཕགས་པ་དུམ་བུ་ཞེ་གཉིས་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.359a.1) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1.36) · Pramāṇa