[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [龍舒增廣淨土文](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1970) › 9.28 # 龍舒增廣淨土文 9.28 龍舒增廣淨土文 9.28 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1970.9.28) 佛言：「阿羅漢雖能受天人供，而福及人也劣。假使有人，百年供養四天下阿羅漢，不如發菩薩心一日供養佛。」蓋佛自無量劫來救度眾生，無非得福，而福利人也勝。阿羅漢了生死，遂入涅槃獨善其身，故福及人劣矣。佛又言：「若人有福，曾供養佛。」亦勿謂供佛乃身後事。近年秀州一僧專念阿彌陀佛，為人禱病，即得痊愈。豈可謂佛不利於生前？既可禱病，則亦可祈福，但恐信心不至耳。若修淨土期於復來化度者，尤不可無福。故此不可不知。 > The Buddha said: "Although an arhat can receive the offerings of devas and humans, the merit he extends to others is inferior. If someone were to make offerings to arhats throughout the four continents for a hundred years, it would not equal generating the mind of a bodhisattva and making offerings to the Buddha for a single day." For the Buddha, from immeasurable kalpas past, has delivered sentient beings; in everything he gains merit, and the blessing and benefit he confers on others is superior. An arhat brings an end to birth and death and thereupon enters nirvāṇa, perfecting only his own person; therefore the merit he extends to others is inferior. The Buddha also said: "If a person has merit, he has previously made offerings to the Buddha." Do not say either that making offerings to the Buddha is an affair for after death. In recent years, a monk in Xiuzhou practiced exclusive recollection of Amitābha Buddha and prayed for sick people, whereupon they immediately recovered. How can it be said that the Buddha is of no benefit in this present life? Since he can be prayed to for sickness, he can also be petitioned for blessings; one only fears that one's faithful mind is not utmost. If one cultivates the Pure Land with the intention of returning to transform and liberate others, one especially cannot lack merit. Therefore, this must be understood. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1970.9.27) - [Next: 9.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1970.9.29) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1970.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1970~en-mt.9.28) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1970.9.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1970.9.28) · Pramāṇa