"Further, oh good man! For example, it
is as in the case of the lotus bud, which, when the sun shines upon it, does not fail to open. The same is the case with beings. Once found the sun of Great Nirvana,
anyone
not acquainted with Enlightenment will aspire to it and sow the seed of Enlightenment. This is why I say: 'When the light
of Great Nirvana penetrates the pores of the skin, this immediately begets the Wonderful Cause of Enlightenment'. The icchantika
possess the Buddha-Nature, but hidden by countless defilements, it cannot hope to get out, like the silkworm. For this reason,
it cannot gain the All-Wonderful Cause of Enlightenment, but recycles endlessly
between births and deaths.
Also, next, oh good man! For example, it is as with utpala, padma, kumuda or pundarika [several kinds of lotus], which although born in the mud, are not tainted by the mud. With any person who studies the All-Wonderful Great Nirvana Sutra, is the same case. Although the person has defilements, yet so it is not tainted by them. Why not? Because of the power (of someone) who knows the Nature of the Tathagata. For example, oh good man! There is a land where there is a great stream of cold wind. If it comes in contact with the body and the skin pores of beings, it well makes away with all the worry (malaise) of the lack of moisture. The same is the case with this Mahayana Great Nirvana Sutra. It penetrates the pores of the skin of beings and engenders the delicate [causal] relations of Enlightenment. However, the situation is different with the icchantika. Why? Because he is not a receptacle of the Dharma.”
Also, next, oh good man! For example, it is as with utpala, padma, kumuda or pundarika [several kinds of lotus], which although born in the mud, are not tainted by the mud. With any person who studies the All-Wonderful Great Nirvana Sutra, is the same case. Although the person has defilements, yet so it is not tainted by them. Why not? Because of the power (of someone) who knows the Nature of the Tathagata. For example, oh good man! There is a land where there is a great stream of cold wind. If it comes in contact with the body and the skin pores of beings, it well makes away with all the worry (malaise) of the lack of moisture. The same is the case with this Mahayana Great Nirvana Sutra. It penetrates the pores of the skin of beings and engenders the delicate [causal] relations of Enlightenment. However, the situation is different with the icchantika. Why? Because he is not a receptacle of the Dharma.”
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