萬善同歸集 2.65

2.65

「或懸幡塔廟，寶蓋聖儀；標心而雖為他緣，獲福而惟成自果。故佛在世時，有婆多迦，過去曾作一長幡，懸毘婆尸佛塔上；從是已來九十一劫，天上人中，常有大幡覆廕其上，受福快樂，後出家得道。又經云：『若人懸幡，風吹一轉，受一輪王位；乃至爛壞為塵，一塵一小王位。』《百緣經》云：『有一寶蓋長者，過去曾持一摩尼寶珠，蓋毘婆尸佛舍利塔頭；從是已來九十一劫，天上人中，常有自然寶蓋，覆其頂上；乃至遇佛出家，皆成佛果。』

"Or hanging banners in stūpas and temples, and erecting precious canopies over holy images: though directed with an intention aimed toward other conditions, the merit obtained solely brings about one's own fruit. Thus when the Buddha was in the world, there was Patāka, who in the past had made a long banner and hung it on the stūpa of Vipaśyin Buddha; since then, for ninety-one kalpas, among gods and humans, there was always a great banner shading over him, and he enjoyed fortune and joy, later leaving the household and attaining the Path. Moreover, a sūtra says: 'If a person hangs a banner, for every turn the wind blows it, he receives the position of a cakravartin; even down to when it decays into dust, for every speck of dust he receives the position of a petty king.' The Sūtra of the Hundred Avadānas says: 'There was an elder named Precious Canopy, who in the past held a maṇi jewel to canopy the top of Vipaśyin Buddha's relic stūpa; since then, for ninety-one kalpas, among gods and humans, there was always a natural precious canopy covering above his head; eventually he encountered the Buddha, left the household, and attained the fruit of Buddhahood.'"