Motif
agricultural disease as image of religious decline
agricultural_disease_as_image_of_religious_decline
A motif of the World Ages and Cosmic Decline family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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buddhist
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Vinaya Texts, Part III: The Kullavagga IV-XII (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 20) JTULLAVAGGA. / X, I, 4. / JTULLAVAGGA. / ZULLAVAGGA.; lines 15188-15267 confidence: medium
The Blessed One says religions allowing women to go forth will not last long, compares this to mildew on rice and blight on sugar-cane, and likens the Eight Chief Rules to an embankment preventing reservoir water from overpassing.
The passage compares a religion's lack of endurance to mildew on rice and blight on sugar-cane.
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