Eight Easy Things to Find

Manjushri then asked the Buddha,
"World Honored One, in defiled lands, what things are easy to find,
and what things are hard to find?
In pure lands, what things are easy to find, and what things are hard to find?"


The Buddha replied,
"In defiled lands, eight things are easy to find, while two things are hard to find.
"What are the eight things that are easy to find?
First is false philosophies.
Second is suffering sentient beings.
Third is differences in race, caste, and family, and their flourishing and
decline over the generations.
Fourth is the currency of bad practices and evil acts.
Fifth is repeated violation of ethics.
Sixth is bad tendencies and miserable states.
Seventh is lesser vehicles.
Eighth is enlightening beings with inferior devotion and effort.
"What two things are hard to come by?
One is an assembly of enlightening beings with higher devotion and intense effort.
Second is the appearance of a Buddha in the world.
"In pure lands, the situation is reversed. The former eight things are
very hard to find, while the latter two are easy to find.

Sutra Unlocking the Mysteries: The Samdhinirmocana Sutra