法苑珠林 69.69

69.69

又增一阿含經云。世尊告諸比丘。今當說四梵之福。云何為四。一若有信善男子善女人。未曾起偷婆處。於中能起。第二補治故寺。第三和合聖眾。第四若多薩阿竭初轉法輪時。諸天世人勸請轉法輪。是謂四種受梵之福。比丘白世尊曰。梵天之福竟為多少。世尊告曰。閻浮里地。其中眾生所有功德。正與一輪王功德等。閻浮地人及一輪王之德。與瞿耶尼一人功德等。其閻浮里地及瞿耶尼二方之福。故不如彼弗于逮一人之福。其三方人福。不如欝單越一人之福。其四天下人福。不如四天王之福。乃至四天下人福。及六欲天福。不如一梵天王之福。若有善男子善女人求其福者。此是其量也。

Furthermore, the Ekottarika-āgama states: The World-Honoured One told the monks: 'I shall now speak of the four types of Brahmā merit. What are the four? First, if there is a faithful good son or good daughter who, in a place where a stūpa has never been built, can erect one there; second, repairing an old monastery; third, reconciling the noble saṃgha; fourth, when a Tathāgata first turns the wheel of the Dharma, devas and humans entreat and request the turning of the wheel of the Dharma. These are called the four kinds of receiving Brahmā merit.' The monks addressed the World-Honoured One, saying: 'How much indeed is the merit of Brahmā Heaven?' The World-Honoured One told them: 'All the merits of sentient beings in the continent of Jambudvīpa are precisely equal to the merit of a single cakravartin. The merit of the people of Jambudvīpa along with a single cakravartin is equal to the merit of one person in Godānīya. The merit of the two regions of Jambudvīpa and Godānīya is still not equal to the merit of one person in Pūrvavideha. The merit of the people of the three regions is not equal to the merit of one person in Uttarakuru. The merit of the people of the four continents is not equal to the merit of the Four Heavenly Kings. And up to: the merit of the people of the four continents and the heavens of the six desire realms is not equal to the merit of a single King Mahābrahmā. If there are good sons or good daughters who seek such merit, this is its measure.'