Shikshasamuccaya 279

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upāya-kauśalya-sūtre * api mūla-āpattir uktā | kiṃ vā + api kula-putra bodhi-satvaḥ prātimokṣa-śikṣāyāṃ śikṣamāṇāḥ kalpa-śata-sahasram api mūla-phala-bhakṣaḥ syāt | sarva-satvānāṃ ca su-ukta-dur-uktāni kṣamet | śrāvaka-praty-eka-buddha-bhūmi-pratisaṃyuktaiś ca manasi-kārair vihared iyaṃ bodhi-satvasya gurukā mūla-āpattiḥ | tad yathā kula-putra śrāvaka-yānīyo mūla-āpattim āpannaḥ so * a-bhavyas tair eva skandhaiḥ parinirvātum | evam eva kula-putro * a-pratideśya + etām āpattim a-niḥsṛjya tān śrāvaka-praty-eka-buddha-manasi-kārān a-bhavyo buddha-bhūmau parinirvātum iti ||

A root downfall is also stated in the Upāyakauśalyasūtra: “Moreover, noble son, if a bodhisattva training in the prātimokṣa training should eat roots and fruits even for a hundred thousand kalpas, and endure the well-spoken and ill-spoken words of all sentient beings, yet dwell with mental attentions connected to the grounds of śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas, this is a heavy root downfall for a bodhisattva. Just as, noble son, a follower of the Śrāvakayāna who has fallen into a root downfall is incapable of attaining parinirvāṇa with those very aggregates; just so, noble son, without confessing this downfall and without relinquishing those mental attentions of śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas, he is incapable of attaining parinirvāṇa on the buddha-ground.”