瑜伽論記 12.390

12.390

昔遠公言：略有九人得大功德。一、信；二、解；三、樂聞；四、受持；五、修學；六、書持；七、供養；八、恭敬；九、深重。此九人福與華嚴中十信菩薩樂聞業者宣說十地功德無異。彼有何德與彼等者，如彼經云：如一切智集諸功德，一切智功德門品亦復如是。若人聞者功德亦爾，彼文意說如佛地集德無邊，十地法門功德同佛，有人聞者德同地亦即同佛。

In the past, Master Huiyuan said: 'In brief, there are nine kinds of persons who obtain great merit: first, faith; second, understanding; third, delighting in hearing; fourth, upholding; fifth, cultivating and learning; sixth, copying and keeping; seventh, making offerings; eighth, venerating; ninth, taking it deeply and seriously. The merit of these nine persons is no different from the merit of expounding the ten stages for those who take delight in the practice of hearing among the bodhisattvas of the ten faiths in the Avataṃsaka Sūtra.' What merit do they have that makes them equal to them? As that sūtra states: 'Just as omniscience gathers all merits, the Chapter on the Gate to the Merits of Omniscience is also likewise. If a person hears it, their merit is also like this.' The intent of that text is to say that just as the Buddha stage gathers boundless merits, the merits of the Dharma-gate of the ten stages are equal to those of the Buddha; if someone hears it, their merit is equal to that of the stages, and thus is equal to that of the Buddha.