法苑珠林 55.97

55.97

18. According to the Upper Grade Scripture on the Precepts of the Fundamental Vow of Wisdom (Zhihui benyuan jie shangpin jing): One who gives each day even a single coin or more toward noon meals for the Buddha and the Saṃgha or to stūpas and temples will receive twenty-four thousand rewards for each; with greater merit comes greater reward; generation after generation they will be virtuous and wise, enjoying delightful things without end, and their ancestors of seven generations will all enter immeasurable Buddha-lands.