法華義疏 10.70

10.70

眾生有二種：一、定報業；二、不定報業。不定可轉、定不可轉。二者、轉重為輕，故讀經之人橫羅殃咎。三者、不如說行故病不除，如不依方服藥。四者、眾生有無量劫罪漸得微薄。

Sentient beings have two kinds [of karma]: first, karma with fixed retribution; second, karma with unfixed retribution. Unfixed karma can be transformed, whereas fixed karma cannot be transformed. Second, heavy [retribution] is transformed into light, so that the person who reads the sūtra unexpectedly incurs calamity and fault. Third, because they do not practice according to what is taught, disease is not eliminated, just as when one does not take medicine according to the prescription. Fourth, the sins of sentient beings from immeasurable kalpas gradually become diminished and thin.