仁王護國般若波羅蜜多經疏 3.650

3.650

Explanation: "Just like worms within a lion's body": as in the Lianhuamian jing, the Buddha told Ānanda: "For example, if a lion dies, no sentient being of water or land dares to consume it. Only worms born from the lion's own body feed upon the lion's own flesh. Ānanda! My Buddha-Dharma cannot be destroyed by others; it is the evil monks within my Dharma who destroy it themselves." While in that sūtra it only served as an analogy for the monastics, in this sūtra it fully clarifies that the fourfold assembly fails to practice protection, so the analogy is the same. Next is the second [part], receiving retribution for destroying the Dharma. This is divided into three: first, retribution experienced in the present life; second, retribution experienced in the next life; third, retribution experienced in subsequent lives. The first again has two: first, clarifying the various evils.