法苑珠林 16.12

16.12

As the Pusa benxing jing states: Even if one were to transform countless billions of people to become pratyekabuddhas, and someone were to make offerings to them with the four requisites for a hundred years, though the merit would be exceedingly great, it would not equal someone praising the boundless merit of the Tathāgata with a joyful mind in a single four-line verse. Furthermore, as the Shan jie jing states: making offerings to the Buddha with the jewels of the four continents, or praising the Tathāgata with a mind of deep reverence—these two blessings are equal without distinction. Furthermore, the Dabei jing states: for one who recites the name 'Homage to the Buddha' once, through this wholesome root entering the realm of nirvāṇa, it can never be exhausted. Furthermore, if one can mind the Buddha's merit with utmost sincerity and scatter even a single flower into the air, throughout future ages among the gods and Brahmā kings, the blessings will not be exhausted, and because they are not exhausted, one will ultimately reach nirvāṇa. Furthermore, in the Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra, Kāśyapa praised the Buddha in verse, saying: