無量壽經連義述文贊 2.50

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經曰「今所問者」至「諸天人民」者。述云：此第四、正申問益也。即帛謙云「若問佛者，勝於供養一天阿羅漢辟支佛，布施諸天人民及蜎飛蠕動之類累劫，百千萬億倍矣。」

The sūtra says: from “What you now ask” to “devas and humans.” The commentary states: This is the fourth part, directly stating the benefit of the question. That is, as Bai [Yan's] and [Zhi] Qian's [translations] say: “If one questions the Buddha, it surpasses making offerings to an entire heaven of arhats and pratyekabuddhas, or giving alms to devas, humans, and tiny creeping and wriggling creatures for accumulated kalpas, by hundreds of thousands of kotis of times.”