The Fourteen Slanders derive from the Lotus Sutra

"To those who are haughty (1) and lazy (2)
And to those with self-centered views (3),
Do not preach this Sutra.
Common shallow people (4),
Deeply attatched to the five desires (5),
Who on hering cannot apprehend (6),
Do not preach it to them.
If any people do not believe in (7)
And vilify this Sutra (10)
Then they cut [themselves] off [from] all
The Buddha-seeds in the worlds;
Or if again they sullenly frown (8),
And cherish doubts and perplexities (9),
Listen to my declaration
Concerning the recompense of such people's sins:
Whether during the buddha's lifetime
Or after his extinction,
If there be any who slander
Such a Sutra as this,
Who, seeing those who read and recite,
Write or hold this Sutra,
Scorn and despise (11), hate (12) and envy (13) them
And bear them a tenacious grudge (14).
Concerning the recompense of such people's sin,
Listen now again:
After their lifetimes end
They will enter into the Avici hell...." (Lotus Sutra Chapter 3, The Parable of
the Burning House)