往生集 1.29

1.29

The appreciation says: Those of tender years and high talent seldom do not rely upon themselves with pride; yet that he was resolute in his aspiration for buddhamanasikāra—was he not one who had planted pure causes in past lives? Nowadays, novice monks superficially touch upon the sūtras and treatises, becoming arrogant and remiss, growing white-haired without any refuge; only when they have no other choice do they speak of the Western Direction, which is already too late.