[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) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784~en-mt) › 1.29 # 四十二章經 1.29 English (machine translation) 1.29 - **Language:** English ### [1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784~en-mt.1.29) The Buddha said: "Among craving and desire, none is greater than sex. As a desire, sex has nothing greater outside it. Fortunately, there is only one such \[desire\]; if there were a second, none among the people under all of heaven could practice the Way." - [Previous: 1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784~en-mt.1.28) - [Next: 1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784~en-mt.1.30) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784~en-mt.1) ## Translations (1) - [The Sutra of Forty-two Sections](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784~en-bdk.1.29) — Heng-ching Shih 2005, English ## Linked texts (1) - [四十二章經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784.1.29) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784~en-mt.1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.784~en-mt.1.29) · Pramāṇa