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|quote-text=In future times, O Kashyapa, there will be conceited monks who will be like dogs running after stones. Excited by [the throwing of] a stone, a dog will chase after it; it will not chase the person who threw it. In the same way, O Kashyapa, certain monks and practitioners will persistently discriminate between forms, sounds, smells, taste, and textures. They will understand that these are impermanent, deceptive, and liable to destruction, yet they will not know whence they arise. . . . | |quote-text=In future times, O Kashyapa, there will be conceited monks who will be like dogs running after stones. Excited by [the throwing of] a stone, a dog will chase after it; it will not chase the person who threw it. In the same way, O Kashyapa, certain monks and practitioners will persistently discriminate between forms, sounds, smells, taste, and textures. They will understand that these are impermanent, deceptive, and liable to destruction, yet they will not know whence they arise. . . . | ||
In times to come, however, O Kashyapa, there will be other monk-yogis who will not be like dogs chasing after stones. If you throw a stone at a lion, it will know where the stone has come from. It will chase not the stone but the one who threw it, with the result that no more stones will be thrown! In the same way, when monks who practice yoga behold the outer objects of the senses, they know that the latter take their origin in the mind. And having examined the mind, they know that it is not truly existent, and thus they are free.<ref>Fletcher and Blankleder, ''Nectar of Manjushri's Speech'', 162. As the ''Ratnakūṭa'' is a collection of forty-nine sūtras, the actual sūtra cited here is the ''Kāśyapaparivartasūtra'', Toh 87. According to 84000, this work, in its own right, was known as the ''Ratnakūṭasūtra'' in several Indian treatises.</ref> | In times to come, however, O Kashyapa, there will be other monk-yogis who will not be like dogs chasing after stones. If you throw a stone at a lion, it will know where the stone has come from. It will chase not the stone but the one who threw it, with the result that no more stones will be thrown! In the same way, when monks who practice yoga behold the outer objects of the senses, they know that the latter take their origin in the mind. And having examined the mind, they know that it is not truly existent, and thus they are free.<ref>Fletcher and Blankleder, ''Nectar of Manjushri's Speech'', 162. As the ''Ratnakūṭa'' is a collection of forty-nine sūtras, the actual sūtra cited here is the ''Kāśyapaparivartasūtra'', Toh 87. According to 84000, this work, in its own right, was known as the ''Ratnakūṭasūtra'' in several Indian treatises.</ref> | ||
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