"Question: These evil monks who fill the country and preach doctrines that lead to the destruction of the nation and the violation of the rules of Buddhist discipline—do they appear among the disciples of the Buddha, or do they appear among the followers of non-Buddhist doctrines?
Answer: The Benevolent Kings Sutra says: “Those persons who should uphold and guard the three treasures of Buddhism will on the contrary become the destroyers of the three treasures, just as it is the worms that are born from the body of a dead lion that will feed on the lion’s flesh. It will not be the non-Buddhists [but in most cases the Buddha’s own disciples who will destroy this Buddhist Law of mine].”
If we go by this passage, those who destroy the nation and the Buddhist Law will come from among the disciples of the Buddha."
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