釋摩訶衍論 10.14

10.14

本曰：如是摩訶衍諸佛祕藏，我已總說。若有眾生欲於如來甚深境界得生正信，遠離誹謗入大乘道，當持此論思量修習，究竟能至無上之道。若人聞是法已不生怯弱，當知是人定紹佛種，必為諸佛之所授記。假使有人能化三千大千世界滿中眾生令行十善，不如有人於一食頃正思此法，過前功德不可為喻。復次若人受持此論觀察修行若一日一夜，所有功德無量無邊不可得說。假令十方一切諸佛，各於無量無邊阿僧祇劫歎其功德亦不能盡。何以故？謂法性功德無有盡故。此人功德亦復如是無有邊際。其有眾生於此論中毀謗不信，所獲罪報經無量劫受大苦惱。是故眾生但應仰信，不應誹謗，以深自害亦害他人，斷絕一切三寶之種，以一切如來皆依此法得涅槃故，一切菩薩因之修行入佛智故。當知過去菩薩已依此法得成淨信，現在菩薩今依此法得成淨信，未來菩薩當依此法得成淨信，是故眾生應勤修學。

The basic text states: Such is the Mahāyāna, the secret treasury of all Buddhas, which I have expounded in summary. If there are sentient beings who wish to generate correct faith in the profoundly deep realm of the Tathāgata, stay far away from slander, and enter the Mahāyāna path, they should uphold this treatise, contemplate it, and practice it; ultimately they will be able to reach the unsurpassed path. If a person, having heard this teaching, does not give rise to fear or weakness, one should know that this person will certainly continue the lineage of the Buddhas and will surely receive a prophecy from all Buddhas. Even if someone were able to transform all the sentient beings filling the trichiliocosm and cause them to practice the ten good deeds, it would not equal someone who, for the space of a single meal, correctly contemplates this teaching; [the latter's] merit exceeds the former beyond all comparison. Furthermore, if a person upholds this treatise, contemplates, and practices it for even one day and one night, all the merit obtained is measureless, boundless, and impossible to describe. Even if all the Buddhas of the ten directions were each to praise this person's merit for measureless and boundless asaṃkhyeya kalpas, they could not exhaust it. Why is this? Because the merit of the nature of dharmas (dharmatā) is inexhaustible; the merit of this person is likewise limitless. If there are sentient beings who slander this treatise and lack faith, the retribution for the sins they incur will cause them to undergo great suffering and torment for measureless kalpas. Therefore, sentient beings should only have reverent faith and must not slander it, as slandering it deeply harms oneself and harms others, cutting off all seeds of the Three Jewels. For all Tathāgatas attain nirvāṇa by relying on this teaching, and all bodhisattvas, by practicing in accordance with it, enter the wisdom of the Buddhas. One should know that past bodhisattvas have already attained pure faith by relying on this teaching, present bodhisattvas now attain pure faith by relying on this teaching, and future bodhisattvas will attain pure faith by relying on this teaching; therefore, sentient beings should diligently cultivate and study it.