法苑珠林 21.31

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21.31

As the Buddha said in the *Nirvāṇa Sūtra*: Sentient beings are of two kinds: one is those with faith, and the other is those without faith. A person with faith is called treatable, and is certain to attain nirvāṇa, because they are free of sores and warts. A person without faith is called an icchantika, and is called untreatable. Furthermore, in the *Saṃyukta-āgama*, the World-Honoured One spoke the verse on plowing the field for a brāhmaṇa:

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法苑珠林 — 道世, Classical Chinese