大乘義章 14.26

14.26

次明供心。供心有六，如《地持》說：一福田無上心，生福中勝；二恩德無上心，一切善樂依三寶出；三生一切眾生最勝心；四如優曇鉢華難遇心；五三千世界獨一心；六一切世間出世間具足依義心。此明如來具足世間、出世間法，能與眾生為依止處，名具依義。以此六心，少物供養，能獲無量無邊功德，何況多。供養之義，略辨如是。

Next is explaining the mind of offering. The mind of offering has six kinds, as the *Bodhisattvabhūmi* states: 1. Mind of the unexcelled field of merit, being the supreme among that which generates merit; 2. Mind of unexcelled grace and virtue, for all goodness and joy arise dependent upon the Three Jewels; 3. Mind of being the most supreme among all living beings; 4. Mind of being difficult to encounter, like an uḍumbara flower; 5. Mind of being unique in the trichiliocosm; 6. Mind of possessing the meaning of refuge for all mundane and supramundane realms. This explains that the Tathāgata possesses all mundane and supramundane dharmas and is capable of acting as a place of refuge for sentient beings; hence it is called possessing the meaning of refuge. If with these six minds one makes an offering of even a small item, one can obtain limitless and boundless merit, how much more so if it is large! The meaning of offering is briefly distinguished thus.