• Aį¹…guttara Nikāya
  • The Book of the Eights

8.18. Bondage (2)

ā€œBhikkhus, 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.ā€