[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) › [宗鏡錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt) › 9.15.7 # 宗鏡錄 9.15.7 English (machine translation) 9.15.7 - **Language:** English ### [9.15.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.9.15.7) So that they jointly inherit this seed. Therefore, in the Tathāgatagarbha Sūtra, when evaluating merit: ‘To uphold this sūtra is \[greater than\] making offerings to present Buddhas numerous as the sands of the Ganges in the past, building seven-jewel towers high as ten yojanas, numerous as the sands of the Ganges, doing so day after day, up to fifty Ganges-sands of seven-jewel towers offered to Ganges-sands of Tathāgatas; it does not equal a person taking joy in bodhi and upholding this sūtra, even beyond what calculation and metaphor can reach.’ Commentary: The seven jewels are limited wealth, and making offerings is conditioned merit. If one upholds this sūtra, it is the treasure of the ever-abiding One Vehicle and the inexhaustible merit of tathatā. Like comparing the dharmadhātu to a fine dust mote, how could it ever be measured? - [Previous: 9.15.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.9.15.6) - [Next: 9.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.9.16) - [Up: 9.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.9.15) ## Linked texts (1) - [宗鏡錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.9.15.7) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.9.15.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.9.15.7) · Pramāṇa