You are welcome to go anywhere to eat and sleep in comfort
without having to trouble yourself with meditation prac-
tice. If you come to realize the Truth of Dhamma using this
method, please come back and have mercy on this stupid
old monk. I shall raise my clasped hands to the heavens to
honor your gracious majesty’s benediction!“I teach the truth when I say that anyone expecting to tran-
scend dukkha must be fearless when facing death. But you
don’t believe it’s true. You figure it is better to die and be
reborn in this world so you can continue carrying your
burden of misery wherever you go. If you want to go on like
this, that’s your business. But, don’t come here and contra-
dict the teaching of the Lord Buddha. If you do, you will be a
thorn in the Buddha’s side and an obstacle blocking the path
of those truly wishing to follow him. Opinions like yours are
not only wrong, but, should you decide to give voice to them,
you will become an enemy of Buddhism and religious people
everywhere. I assumed that you came here to develop your-
self spiritually and so uphold the sãsana. I never imagined you
were going to ruin yourself and then destroy the sãsana and
devoted followers of the Lord Buddha as well. But now I real-
ize that you have come like an executioner to destroy every-
thing. You’d better change your attitude right away. Other-
wise, you will certainly ruin yourself and take a lot of other
people with you – and that would be a terrible shame.
“The Lord Buddha is said to have passed unconscious
three times as he strived to attain enlightenment. Don’t