{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn16.13/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn16.13","id":"suttacentral_sn16.13","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn16.13/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near S\u0101vatth\u012b in Jeta\u2019s Grove, An\u0101thapi\u1e47\u1e0dika\u2019s monastery. Then Venerable Mah\u0101kassapa went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him: \u201cWhat is the cause, sir, what is the reason why there used to be fewer training rules but more enlightened mendicants? And what is the cause, what is the reason why these days there are more training rules and fewer enlightened mendicants?\u201d \u201cThat\u2019s how it is, Kassapa. When sentient beings are in decline and the true teaching is disappearing there are more training rules and fewer enlightened mendicants. The true teaching doesn\u2019t disappear as long as the counterfeit of the true teaching hasn\u2019t appeared in the world. But when the counterfeit of the true teaching appears in the world then the true teaching disappears. It\u2019s like native gold, which doesn\u2019t disappear as long as counterfeit gold hasn\u2019t appeared in the world. But when counterfeit gold appears in the world then native gold disappears. In the same way, the true teaching doesn\u2019t disappear as long as the counterfeit of the true teaching hasn\u2019t appeared in the world. But when the counterfeit of the true teaching appears in the world then the true teaching disappears. It\u2019s not the elements of earth, water, fire, or air that make the true teaching disappear. Rather, it\u2019s the futile people who appear right here that make the true teaching disappear. The true teaching doesn\u2019t disappear like a ship that sinks all at once. There are five detrimental things that lead to the decline and disappearance of the true teaching. What five? It\u2019s when the monks, nuns, laymen, and laywomen lack respect and reverence for the Teacher, the teaching, the Sa\u1e45gha, the training, and immersion. These five detrimental things lead to the decline and disappearance of the true teaching. There are five things that lead to the continuation, persistence, and enduring of the true teaching. What five? It\u2019s when the monks, nuns, laymen, and laywomen maintain respect and reverence for the Teacher, the teaching, the Sa\u1e45gha, the training, and immersion. These five things lead to the continuation, persistence, and enduring of the true teaching.\u201d The Linked Discourses with Kassapa are complete.","title":"The Counterfeit of the True Teaching","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":370}