釋門歸敬儀 2.55

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如《菩薩本行經》曰：「正使無數億計人成辟支佛，有人百歲四事供養，功德甚多，不如有人以歡喜心一四句偈，讚歎如來功德無量。」又如《善生經》云：「以四天下寶供養於佛，又以重心讚歎如來，是二福德等無差別。」《大悲經》云：「一稱佛名，南無佛者，以是善根入涅槃界，不可盡也。」

As the Sūtra on the Bodhisattva's Original Deeds states: 'Even if countless hundreds of millions of people became pratyekabuddhas, and someone provided them with the four requisites for a hundred years, their merit would be exceedingly great; yet it does not equal someone who, with a joyful mind, uses a single four-line verse to praise the Tathāgata's immeasurable merit.' Also as the Sujāta Sūtra states: 'Offering the treasures of the four continents to the Buddha, and praising the Tathāgata with a reverent mind—these two merits are equal and without distinction.' The Great Compassion Sūtra states: 'If one recites the Buddha's name even once, saying "Namo Buddha," by this good root one enters the realm of nirvāṇa, which is inexhaustible.'