法苑珠林 49.13

49.13

又毘曇論云。若病人及與說法師近佛諸菩薩施者得大果報。

Moreover, the Abhidharma treatises say: 'If one gives to a sick person, to a Dharma preacher, or to bodhisattvas who are near the Buddha, one obtains a great retribution.'