法苑珠林 33.46

33.46

又正法念經云。若有眾生施人美水。或覆井泉。恐諸毒蛇墮於井中。行人飲之而致苦惱。命終生三空侯天受五欲樂。從此命終。若得人身王所愛重。若見病困咽喉出聲。餘命未盡。施其漿飲。或施其財。以續彼命。命終生深水天。如帝釋快樂。從天命終隨業流轉。不墮三途得受人身。從生至生。不遭病苦。無有惱亂。若有眾生持戒。見比丘僧以扇布施令得清涼讀誦經法。命終生風行天。香氣來吹悅樂無比。若有眾生於河津濟造立橋船。以善心渡持戒人。兼渡餘人不作眾惡。命終生持鬘天受五欲樂。命盡人中為王典藏。

Furthermore, the *Saddharmasmṛtyupasthāna-sūtra* states: If any sentient being gives sweet water to people, or covers a well or spring, fearing that poisonous snakes might fall into the well and that travelers who drink from it would suffer distress, when their life ends they will be born in the Trayastriṃśa Heaven to enjoy the pleasures of the five desires. When their life there ends, if they obtain a human body, they will be cherished and honored by kings. If one sees someone gravely ill whose throat rattles, whose remaining life is not yet ended, and gives them drinks or gives them wealth to sustain their life, when their life ends they will be born in the Deep Water Heaven, enjoying happiness like Śakra. When their life in heaven ends, wandering according to their karma, they will not fall into the three miserable paths and will obtain a human body, from birth to birth suffering no sickness or distress, free of disturbance. If any sentient being keeps the precepts and, seeing the assembly of bhikṣus, offers fans to bring them cool air so they can read and recite scriptures, when their life ends they will be born in the Wind-Walking Heaven, where fragrant breezes blow upon them with peerless delight. If any sentient being builds bridges and boats at river crossings, ferrying precept-holders with a good mind, and also ferrying other people who do no evil, when their life ends they will be born in the Garland-Bearing Heaven to enjoy the pleasures of the five desires, and when their life ends, in the human realm they will manage the king's treasury.