posted on Jan, 26 2010 @ 09:09 PM
No,
here is what the last omniscient buddha said...
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The ultimate extinction of the Dharma
"Thus have I heard. At one time the Buddha was in the state of Kushinagara. The Tathagata was to enter Nirvana within three months and the bhikshus
and Bodhisattvas as well as the great multitude of beings had come to pay homage to the Buddha and to bow in reverence. The World Honored One was
tranquil and silent. He spoke not a word and his light did not appear. Worthy Ananda bowed and asked the Buddha,
'O Bhagavan, heretofore whenever you spoke the Dharma, awesome light would naturally appear. Yet today among this great assembly there is no such
radiance. There must be a good cause for this and we wish to hear the Bhagavan's explanation.'
The Buddha remained silent and did not answer until the request had been repeated three times. He then told Ananda,
"After I enter Nirvana, when the Dharma is about to perish, during the Evil Age of the Five Turbidities, the way of demons will flourish. Demonic
beings will become Shramanas; they will pervert and destroy my teachings. Wearing the garb of laypersons, they will prefer handsome clothes and their
precept sashes will be made of multi-colored cloth. They will use intoxicants, eat meat, kill other beings and they will indulge in their desire for
flavorful food. They will lack compassion and they will bear hatred and jealousy even among themselves.
"At that time there will be Bodhisattvas, Pratyekabuddhas, and Arhats who will reverently and diligently cultivate immaculate virtue. They will be
respected by all people and their teachings will be fair and egalitarian. These cultivators of the Way will take pity on the poor, they will be
mindful of the aged, and they will save and give counsel to those people they find in difficult circumstances. They will at all times exhort others to
worship and to protect sutras and images of the Buddha. They will do meritorious deeds, be resolute and kind and never harm others. They will forsake
their bodies for others' benefit. They will hold no great regard for themselves but will be patient, yielding, humane, and peaceful.
"If such people exist, the hordes of demonic bhikshus will be jealous of them. The demons will harass them, slander and defame them, expel them from
their midst and degrade them. They will ostracise the good monks from the monastic community. Thereafter these demons will not cultivate the
Way-virtue. Their temples and monastic buildings will be vacant and overgrown with weeds. For want of care and maintenance their Way-places will drift
into ruin and oblivion. The demonic bhikshus will only be greedy for wealth and will amass great heaps of goods. They will refuse to distribute any of
it or to use it to gain blessings and virtue.
"At this time, the evil monks will buy and sell slaves to till their fields and to slash and burn the mountain forests. They will do harm to living
creatures and they will feel not the least bit of compassion. These slaves will themselves become bhikshus and maidservants will become bhikshunis.
Totally lacking in Way-virtue, these people will run amok, indulging in licentious behaviour. In their turbid confusion they will fail to separate the
men from the women in the monastic communities. From this generation on, the Way will be weakened. Fugitives from the law will seek refuge in my Way,
wishing to be Shramanas but failing to observe the moral regulations. The precepts will continue to be recited twice a month, but in name alone. Being
lazy and lax, no one will want to listen any longer. These evil Shramanas will be unwilling to recite the sutras in their entirety and they will make
abbreviations at the beginning and at the end of the texts as they please. Soon the practice of reciting sutras will stop altogether. Even if there
are people who recite texts, they will be unlettered, unqualified people who will insist, nonetheless, that they are correct. Bumptious, arrogant, and
vain, these people