8: The Book of the Eights
18. Bondage (2)
- DG BB TBW © Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi (More copyright information)
1"Bhikkhus, a man binds a woman in eight ways. What eight? A man binds a woman by his form … by his smile … by his speech … by singing … by weeping … by his appearance … by a present … by his touch. A man binds a woman in these eight ways. Those beings are thoroughly bound who are bound by touch."
1"Aṭṭhahi, bhikkhave, ākārehi puriso itthiṁ bandhati. Katamehi aṭṭhahi? Ruṇṇena, bhikkhave, puriso itthiṁ bandhati; hasitena, bhikkhave, puriso itthiṁ bandhati; bhaṇitena, bhikkhave, puriso itthiṁ bandhati; ākappena, bhikkhave, puriso itthiṁ bandhati; vanabhaṅgena, bhikkhave, puriso itthiṁ bandhati; gandhena, bhikkhave, puriso itthiṁ bandhati; rasena, bhikkhave, puriso itthiṁ bandhati; phassena, bhikkhave, puriso itthiṁ bandhati. Imehi kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭhahākārehi puriso itthiṁ bandhati. Te, bhikkhave, sattā subaddhā, ye phassena baddhā"ti.
Aṭṭhamaṁ.
