法苑珠林 16.12

16.12

如菩薩本行經云。正使化無數億計人成辟支佛。若有人百歲四事供養。功德甚多。不如有人以歡喜心一四句偈讚歎如來功德無量。又如善戒經云。以四天下寶供養於佛。又以重心讚歎如來。是二福德等無差別。又大悲經云。一稱南無佛名者。以是善根入涅槃界不可盡也。又若能至誠心念佛功德。乃至一華散於空中。於未來世諸天梵王。其福不盡。以其不盡終至涅槃。又涅槃經。迦葉以偈讚佛言。

As the Pusa benxing jing states: Even if one were to transform countless billions of people to become pratyekabuddhas, and someone were to make offerings to them with the four requisites for a hundred years, though the merit would be exceedingly great, it would not equal someone praising the boundless merit of the Tathāgata with a joyful mind in a single four-line verse. Furthermore, as the Shan jie jing states: making offerings to the Buddha with the jewels of the four continents, or praising the Tathāgata with a mind of deep reverence—these two blessings are equal without distinction. Furthermore, the Dabei jing states: for one who recites the name 'Homage to the Buddha' once, through this wholesome root entering the realm of nirvāṇa, it can never be exhausted. Furthermore, if one can mind the Buddha's merit with utmost sincerity and scatter even a single flower into the air, throughout future ages among the gods and Brahmā kings, the blessings will not be exhausted, and because they are not exhausted, one will ultimately reach nirvāṇa. Furthermore, in the Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra, Kāśyapa praised the Buddha in verse, saying: