妙法蓮華經玄贊 9.546

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贊曰：第三供養。有七：一雨華，二雨香，三作樂，四雨嚴具，五燒香，六菩薩上天，七歌讚佛德。末尼珠雖適心而未勝，如意珠最勝。香來非下，故說九方。

The Eulogy says: Third, making offerings. There are seven: first, raining flowers; second, raining incense; third, playing music; fourth, raining adornments; fifth, burning incense; sixth, bodhisattvas ascending to heaven; seventh, singing praises of the Buddha's virtues. Although maṇi jewels delight the mind, they are not yet supreme; cintāmaṇi jewels are most supreme. The coming of incense was not from below; hence nine directions are mentioned.