佛說佛名經 1.97

1.97

"Alas! Ānanda was a great sage, not far removed from the Buddha, the compiler of the scripture treasury; yet when he wished to correct a single monk's verse on the water heron, the monk ultimately would not follow. How much more so for us ordinary mortals? The Buddha's era is already distant, and the scripture teachings transmitted from afar! If one should suddenly rise alone to delete a canon that has been widely popular across the whole realm for ages, wanting the public not to be angered at oneself—it would be like a mantis raising its arms in fury to block a chariot, wishing not to be crushed under its wheels; even that does not suffice to illustrate its presumption. Knowing in one's heart that it is spurious and false, yet lacking the power to correct it: the degeneration of the Final Dharma has reached such an extent as this! How grievous!