Shikshasamuccaya 144

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ugradatta-paripṛcchāyām apy uktaṃ | sacet punar gṛha-pate pāṭha-sva-adhyāya-arthiko bodhi-satvaḥ kasya-cid antikāc catuṣ-pādikāṃ gāthāṃ śṛṇuyād uddiśed vā udgṛhṇīyād dāna-śīla-kṣānti-vīrya-dhyāna-prajñā-saṃprayuktāṃ bodhi-satva-saṃbhāra-upacayaṃ vā tena tasminn ācārye dharma-gauravaṃ karaṇīyaṃ yāvadbhir nāma-pada-vyañjana ... gāthā + uddiṣṭā | yadi tāvata evaṃ kalpāṃs tasya + ācāryasya + upasthāna-paricaryāṃ kuryād a-śaṭhatayā sarva-lābha-sat-kāra-pūjayā | adya + api gṛha-pate na pratipūritam ācāryasya + ācārya-gauravaṃ bhavati | kaḥ punar vādo dharma-gauravaṃ ||

In the Ugradattaparipṛcchā it is also said: "Moreover, householder, if a bodhisattva who desires reading and recitation should hear from someone, or recite, or take up a four-line stanza associated with generosity, ethical discipline, forbearance, vigor, meditative concentration, or wisdom, or the accumulation of the bodhisattva's provisions, he should show reverence for the Dharma toward that master for as many [aeons] as there are names, words, and syllables in the stanza recited [...]. If he were to perform service and attendance for that master for that many aeons without deceit, with offerings of all gains and honor, even now, householder, reverence for the master would not be fully fulfilled toward that master, to say nothing of reverence for the Dharma."