諸經要集 13.40

13.40

復有五種勝果。所謂施與父母病人法師菩薩。得勝果報。父母恩養。生長身命。是故施者得勝果報。又病人者。孤獨可愍。以是義故。起慈悲心。施病人者得勝果報。又說法者。能生法身。增長法身。永達善惡。平正非平正。顛倒非顛倒。是故施者得勝果報。又諸菩薩。悉能攝取。利益眾生。起慈悲心。以攝取三寶。不斷絕因。以是義故。施菩薩者得勝果報。以菩薩發心勇猛悲願力大。不同餘福。其心狹劣也。

'There are furthermore five kinds of superior fruits: giving to one's parents, to the sick, to a Dharma master, and to a bodhisattva results in superior retributions. Parents care for one with benevolence, nurturing one's physical body and life; therefore, the giver obtains a superior retribution. Furthermore, the sick are solitary and pitiful; on this account, giving to the sick with a compassionate mind brings a superior retribution. Furthermore, an expounder of the Dharma can give birth to the dharmakāya and cause the dharmakāya to grow, eternally discerning good and evil, the straight and the crooked, the inverted and the non-inverted; therefore, the giver obtains a superior retribution. Furthermore, all bodhisattvas are able to gather and benefit sentient beings, giving rise to compassion, and serve as the cause for the Triratna to be gathered without interruption; on this account, giving to a bodhisattva brings a superior retribution. Because a bodhisattva generates a valiant mind with great power of compassionate vows, it is unlike other merit whose mind is narrow and inferior.'