ཤཱ་རིའི་བུ་མཁས་པ་དག་གིས་དེ་ཁོང་དུ་ཆུད་པར་བྱའི། དེའི་དབང་དུ་འགྲོ་བར་མི་བྱའོ། །
“Furthermore, Śāriputra, at that time, on that occasion, there will be followers of the Mahāyāna who will apply themselves to sūtras like this one. They will exert themselves with great vigor, and they will memorize them, write them down, preserve them, recite them, absorb them, clarify them to others, and teach them in great detail. But they will be under the influence of Māra, and they will be restricted by the restraints of their previous actions. They will be restricted by the restraints of the vices. They will be fond of activities. They will delight in activities and will engage in pleasant activities with enthusiasm. They will be fond of talking. They will delight in talking and engage in pleasant talk with enthusiasm. They will be fond of sleeping. They will delight in sleeping and engage in pleasant sleep with enthusiasm. They will be fond of associating with others. They will delight in associating with others and will associate with others with enthusiasm. Because of this, they will not study sūtras like this one. They will not memorize them, recite them, absorb them, clarify them to others, or teach them in great detail to others. Śāriputra, there is nobody who will do more to bring about the disappearance of the instructions of the Tathāgata, or who will do more damage to the instructions of the Tathāgata, than these wicked mendicants. This, Śāriputra, is the tenth obstacle that will occur at that time.
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