法苑珠林 17.65

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又涅槃經云。若有善男子善女人。聞是經名生四惡趣者。無有是處。若有眾生一經耳者。悉能滅除一切諸惡無間罪業。又云。若有眾生一經耳者。却後七劫不墮惡道。又云。若有能知如來常住無有變異。或聞常住二字音聲。一經於耳即生天上。後解脫時乃能證知如來常住無有變易。又華嚴經云。若聞一句未曾聞法。勝得三千大千世界珍寶。是菩薩得聞一偈正法。生上財想勝得轉輪聖王位。又法華經云。若善男子善女人。受持是法華經若讀若誦若解說若書寫。是人當得八百眼功德。千二百耳功德。八百鼻功德。千二百舌功德。八百身功德。千二百意功德。

Furthermore, the Nirvāṇa Sūtra says: "If there is a good man or good woman who, hearing the name of this sūtra, is born into the four evil destinies, there is no such possibility. If any sentient being has it pass their ear even once, it can eradicate all evil karmic deeds of the uninterrupted [hell]." It also says: "If any sentient being has it pass their ear even once, for seven kalpas thereafter they will not fall into evil paths." It also says: "If someone can know that the Tathāgata is eternal and without alteration, or hears the sound of the two words 'eternally abiding,' once it passes their ear they will immediately be born in heaven; later, at the time of liberation, they will then be able to realize and know that the Tathāgata is eternal and without alteration." Furthermore, the Avataṃsaka Sūtra says: "If one hears a single phrase of Dharma never heard before, it surpasses obtaining the precious gems of a trichiliocosm. When this bodhisattva is able to hear a single verse of the saddharma, conceiving the thought of it as superior wealth, it surpasses attaining the rank of a wheel-turning sage king." Furthermore, the Lotus Sūtra says: "If a good man or good woman upholds, reads, recites, explains, or copies this Lotus Sūtra, this person will obtain eight hundred virtues of the eye, one thousand two hundred virtues of the ear, eight hundred virtues of the nose, one thousand two hundred virtues of the tongue, eight hundred virtues of the body, and one thousand two hundred virtues of the mind."