維摩經略疏垂裕記 7.10

7.10

二、羅云答。「如賢愚至出家功德」者，彼經第七云「出家因緣其福甚多。若放男女奴婢，若聽人民，若自己身出家入道者，功德無量。布施之報十世受福，六天人中往返十到，猶故不如放人出家及自出家功德為勝。何以故？布施之報福有限極，出家之福無邊無量。」經文格量甚廣，不能繁引。「十智」，如前記。

Second, Rāhula's reply. Regarding "Like the Damamūka-nidāna Sūtra up to the merit of leaving household life": fascicle seven of that sūtra states, "The causes and conditions of leaving household life yield exceedingly great merit. If one frees men, women, male slaves, and female slaves, or permits ordinary people, or oneself leaves household life to enter the Way, the merit is immeasurable. The retribution of giving yields blessings enjoyed for ten lifetimes, going back and forth between the six heavens and humans ten times; yet this still does not equal the superior merit of permitting others to leave household life and leaving household life oneself. Why is this? The blessings that are the retribution of giving have a limit, whereas the blessings of leaving household life are boundless and immeasurable." The sūtra's textual comparisons are exceedingly extensive and cannot be cited in detail. As for the "ten wisdoms," they are as recorded earlier.