"Your practice of vegetarianism and chanting Buddhist scriptures stems from desire, and my eating meat and chasing women also stems from desire. On what grounds do you lecture me for subverting Buddhism?"
With this parting shot, Kshitigarbha stormed off in a huff!
Left standing in place, Buddha was struck as if by a sudden thunderbolt. Kshitigarbha's words had awakened a flash of inspiration that had long eluded his grasp!
Chapter 562