Some people who lack sufficient virtue and good roots come to the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas and engage in idle thinking all day long. They think it's too difficult to eat only one meal a day of simple, bland food, and to follow the tight schedule and strict rules. They find the City's bitter lifestyle unbearable. When the tests become too much for them to handle, they change their minds and leave this pure place. The City of Ten Thousand Buddhas is a Way-place where the wheel of Proper Dharma is turned in the West. People here cannot slack off in their cultivation even for a day. Rain or shine, their cultivation continues as usual. Seekers of truth come here and recognize that they have finally reached their destination. When those not seeking the truth come here, they feel as if they were sitting on pins and needles. Different people have different feelings about the same place; this is due to the varying depth of their good roots.
The people at the City are all willing to toil and suffer. Each one aspires to seek enlightenment and be a true Buddhist. They work extremely hard every day, devoting their lives to the Dharma. Some people diligently apply themselves to translating the Sutras all day long, not hoping for fame or profit.
Some people come to the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas and feel as if they have come home, and they don't want to leave. At this Way-place of the Proper Dharma, they have experienced the wondrous state of being filled with the joy of the Dharma.