“Oh Kashyapa! There are three kinds of sick persons who are
difficult to heal. These are: 1) a person who slanders the Mahayana, 2) a
person who has committed the five deadly sins, and 3) the icchantika. The three
mentioned above are the gravest of all sins in the world. These are not those which
Sravakas and Pratyekabuddhas can easily cure. Oh good man! For example, there
is an illness
which inevitably
ends in death and is difficult to cure. There may be nursing, an attitude in accordance [with the medical
treatment], and the medicine to apply;
or there may be no nursing, no
attitude accordingly, and nor medicine to apply. Such an illness means
certain death and cannot be cured. One should know that such a person will surely die. The same is the case with these three kinds of (sick) persons. There may be Sravakas, Pratyekabuddhas and Bodhisattvas who are
able to speak
about the doctrine or there may not
be. There is no way to make them [the three types of people] aspire to
unsurpassed Enlightenment.
Oh Kashyapa! There is a person who is sick (and that is not of the three types above). If there is nursing of him, an attitude in accordance, and medicines, the disease can be cured. If there are not these three things, there is no way to cure [the disease]. The same is the case with Sravakas and Pratyekabuddhas. They listen to what the Buddha and Bodhisattvas say, and they indeed aspire to unsurpassed Enlightenment. It is not that they do not listen to the teaching and aspire to Enlightenment. Oh Kashyapa! Sick persons are those with respect to which there may be nursing, an attitude in accordance, and medicines - or there may not be such things. All are healed. This is the case of a person of the common kind (not of three kinds above). A person may come across a Sravaka or it may not; a person may come across a Pratyekabuddha or may not; or a person may come across a Bodhisattva or may not; a person may come across a Tathagata or may not; a person may have the opportunity to listen to the teaching or it may not. A person may naturally attain unsurpassed Enlightenment.”
Oh Kashyapa! There is a person who is sick (and that is not of the three types above). If there is nursing of him, an attitude in accordance, and medicines, the disease can be cured. If there are not these three things, there is no way to cure [the disease]. The same is the case with Sravakas and Pratyekabuddhas. They listen to what the Buddha and Bodhisattvas say, and they indeed aspire to unsurpassed Enlightenment. It is not that they do not listen to the teaching and aspire to Enlightenment. Oh Kashyapa! Sick persons are those with respect to which there may be nursing, an attitude in accordance, and medicines - or there may not be such things. All are healed. This is the case of a person of the common kind (not of three kinds above). A person may come across a Sravaka or it may not; a person may come across a Pratyekabuddha or may not; or a person may come across a Bodhisattva or may not; a person may come across a Tathagata or may not; a person may have the opportunity to listen to the teaching or it may not. A person may naturally attain unsurpassed Enlightenment.”
Read More on the Nirvana Sutra, Chapter 18 - On Actual Illnesses.
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