萬善同歸集 2.71

2.71

「或興崇寶塔，鑄瀉洪鍾，乃至大如拇指，天界福生。或復暫擊一聲，幽途苦息。《無上依經》云：『佛告阿難：「如帝釋天宮住處，有大飛閣名常勝殿，種種寶莊各八萬四千。若有清信男子女人，造作如是常勝寶殿，百千拘胝施與四方眾僧；若復有人，如來般涅槃後，取舍利如芥子大、造塔如阿摩羅子大、戴剎如針大、露盤如棗葉大、造佛形像如麥子大，此功德勝前所說，百分不及一，千萬億分，乃至阿僧祇數分，所不及一。何以故？如來無量功德故。」』《涅槃經》云：『善守佛僧物，塗掃佛僧地；造塔如拇指，常生歡喜心，亦生不動國。』此即淨土常嚴，不為三災所動也。

"Or raising and honoring precious stūpas, casting and pouring great bells: even if as small as a thumb, heavenly retribution is generated; or if struck just once, the suffering of the dark realms ceases. The Anuttarāśraya Sūtra says: 'The Buddha told Ānanda: "Just like the dwelling place in Śakra's heavenly palace, there is a great flying pavilion named Victorious Palace, with various jewel ornaments numbering eighty-four thousand each. If a faithful man or woman were to construct such Victorious Jewel Palaces, a hundred thousand koṭis of them, and give them as gifts to the saṅgha of the four directions; and if there is another person who, after the Tathāgata's parinirvāṇa, takes a śarīra the size of a mustard seed, builds a stūpa the size of an āmalaka fruit, erects a spire the size of a needle, dew-receptacle plates the size of a jujube leaf, and makes a buddha image the size of a barley grain—this merit surpasses that previously described: one hundred parts cannot equal one part, nor a thousand, ten thousand, or a koṭi of parts, down to an asaṃkhyeya of parts, cannot equal one part. Why is this? Because of the Tathāgata's immeasurable merit."' The Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra says: 'Properly guard the property of the Buddha and the saṅgha; plaster and sweep the grounds of the Buddha and the saṅgha; build a stūpa the size of a thumb, always generating a joyful mind—one will also be born in the Immovable Land.' This means the Pure Land is ever-adorned and not shaken by the three calamities.