" 'There may be persons who listen to the Nirvana Sutra and yet claim
that they have no need to conceive a desire for enlightenment, and
instead slander the correct teaching. Such persons will immediately
dream at night of demons, and their hearts will be filled with terror.
The demons will say to them, “How foolish you are, my friend! If you
do not set your mind on enlightenment now, your life span will be cut
short!' These persons quake with fear, and as soon as they wake from
the dream, they set their minds on enlightenment. And you should know
that such persons will become great bodhisattvas.’ ” In other words,
although one might slander the correct teaching, if one is not an
unspeakably evil person, one will be warned at once in a dream and
will have a change of heart." -- Opening of the Eyes
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