釋迦譜 1.18

1.18

The *Loutan jing* says: "Later, there were lazy people who gathered four or five days' provisions; where it was harvested, the non-glutinous rice no longer grew." Sengyou considers: "Once cunning arises in the heart, things deviate from their true nature; the resonance of spiritual beings is faster than wind and lightning. I have heard that in the time of the two Han dynasties, when Donglai increased taxes, the sea fish did not appear, and when Hepu coveted pearls, the oysters moved far away. Comparing recent times to antiquity, they correspond like tally and contract; that the non-glutinous rice ceased to grow is hardly a wonder."