宋高僧傳 23.25

23.25

系曰：佛勅比丘施眾生食，二世順益，感果非輕。若其明公，成大檀度，遠慳貪也；成大勇猛，得無畏也；成三輪空，無為功德也；成難捨心，淨佛土也。一擲其軀，其利博哉！譬猶善賞者費少而勸多，其是之謂乎！

The appraisal says: The Buddha commanded the monks to give food to sentient beings; the mutual benefit across two lifetimes yields no slight retribution. In the case of Master Ming, he accomplished the great perfection of giving, leaving parsimony far behind; he accomplished great valor, obtaining fearlessness; he accomplished the emptiness of the three wheels, realizing unconditioned merit; he accomplished the mind of relinquishing what is hard to abandon, purifying the Buddha land. In a single cast of his body, how vast were its benefits! It is just as when one who excels at rewarding spends little yet encourages many—does it not mean this?!