""Have no fear of mad elephants. What you should fear are evil friends! Why? Because a mad elephant can only destroy your body; it cannot destroy your mind. But an evil friend can destroy both body and mind. A mad elephant can destroy only a single body, but an evil friend can destroy countless bodies and countless minds. A mad elephant merely destroys an impure, stinking body, but an evil friend can destroy both pure body and pure mind. A mad elephant can destroy the physical body, but an evil friend destroys the Dharma body. [...]""
From Gosho "Reply to Hoshina Goro Taro" (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 159)
From Gosho "Reply to Hoshina Goro Taro" (The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin, page 159)
