法苑珠林 33.32

33.32

王諦聽吾說　福地上灰土
福德無過者　作佛形像報
常生大富家　尊貴無極珍
眷屬常恭敬　作佛形像報
常得天眼報　無比紺青色
作佛形像報　父母見歡喜
端正威德重　愛樂終無厭
作佛形像報　金色身焰光
猶妙師子像　眾生見歡喜
作佛形像報　閻浮提大姓
剎利婆羅門　福人於中生
作佛形像報　不生邊地國
不盲不醜陋　六情常完具
作佛形像報　臨終識宿命
見佛在其前　不覺死苦時
作佛形像報　作大名聞王
金輪飛行帝　典主四天下
作佛形像報　作釋天名因
神足典第二　三十三天奉
作佛形像報　此過出欲界
作梵梵天王　迦夷眾梵恭
作佛形像報　受福正如是
若能刻畫作　天地尚可稱
此福不可量　是故供養佛
華香香汁塗　供養大士者
得漏盡無為

“O King, listen attentively as I speak:
Just as dust on a field of merit,
No merit surpasses it—
The reward of making Buddha images.
One is constantly born into a great, wealthy family,
Noble and honored, with limitless treasures;
One's kin always revere and respect one—
The reward of making Buddha images.
One always receives the divine eye as a reward,
Of peerless dark-blue color—
The reward of making Buddha images.
Parents look upon one with joy;
Upright, with weighty majestic virtue,
Loved and delighted in, never wearying—
The reward of making Buddha images.
Golden of body, radiating brilliant light,
Like the splendid form of a lion;
All sentient beings rejoice to see one—
The reward of making Buddha images.
Among the great clans of Jambudvīpa,
Kṣatriyas and Brahmins,
The meritorious person is born among them—
The reward of making Buddha images.
One is not born in the borderlands,
Neither blind nor hideous;
The six faculties are always whole and complete—
The reward of making Buddha images.
At the verge of death, recognizing past lives,
Seeing the Buddha before oneself,
Not feeling the pain of dying—
The reward of making Buddha images.
One becomes a king of great renown,
A flying golden-wheel emperor,
Ruling as master over the four continents—
The reward of making Buddha images.
One becomes the lord of the gods, named Indra,
In divine feet and authority second to none,
Revered by the gods of the Thirty-Three—
The reward of making Buddha images.
Transcending beyond the desire realm,
One becomes Brahmā, king of the Brahmā realm,
Revered by the Brahmapāriṣadya gods—
The reward of making Buddha images.
Receiving blessings exactly like this.
If one can carve or paint [images],
Heaven and earth can still be weighed,
Yet this merit cannot be measured.
Therefore, making offerings to the Buddha,
With flowers, incense, and applying fragrant ointments,
Those who make offerings to the Great Being
Attain the destruction of outflows and the unconditioned.”