“Bhikkhus, a woman binds a man in eight ways. What eight? A woman binds a man by her form … by her smile … by her speech … by singing … by weeping … by her appearance … by a present … by her touch. A woman binds a man in these eight ways. Those beings are thoroughly bound who are bound by touch.”
an.8.17 Aṅguttara Nikāya (Numbered Discourses)
Bondage (1)
- Translator: Bhikkhu Bodhi
- Editor: Blake Walsh