法苑珠林 41.10

41.10

若菩薩於如來及支提不獨供養。普令親屬在家出家悉共供養。是名自他共供養。若菩薩有少許物。以慈悲心施彼貧苦薄福眾生。令供養如來及支提。令得安樂而不自為。是名他作供養。自作供養者得大果報。他作供養者。得大大果報。自作他作供養者。得最大大果報。

If a bodhisattva does not make offerings to the Tathāgata and caityas alone, but broadly causes relatives, both lay and monastic, to make offerings together, this is termed an offering shared between oneself and others. If a bodhisattva possesses only a small amount of goods and, with a mind of loving-kindness and compassion, gives them to poor, suffering sentient beings of little merit, causing them to make offerings to the Tathāgata and caityas so that they attain peace and happiness, rather than keeping them for oneself, this is termed an offering made by others. One who makes offerings oneself obtains a great retribution; one who causes others to make offerings obtains an even greater retribution; one who makes offerings oneself and causes others to make offerings obtains the greatest and most immense retribution.