"Therefore the Great Teacher T’ien-t’ai in the fifth volume of hisGreat Concentration and Insight writes: “These foolish and dull-witted persons have deeply imbibed the poison fumes and have lost their original minds. Therefore they no longer have faith and do not reach out for help.... They are persons laden with great guilt.... Even those who turn their backs on the world amuse themselves with an inferior vehicle, clinging to mere branches and leaves. They are like dogs that tag after the servants [forgetting their master]. They pay honor to apes and monkeys, considering them like the god Shakra; they revere shards and rubble, looking on them as bright gems. With such ignorant and benighted persons, how can one discuss the way?”
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