諸經要集 2.50

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Furthermore, the Avataṃsaka-sūtra says: 'If one hears a single phrase of the Dharma never before heard, it surpasses obtaining the precious gems of a trichiliocosm. When this bodhisattva comes to hear a single verse of the true Dharma, he conceives the thought of it as unsurpassed wealth, surpassing the attainment of the rank of a wheel-turning sage king.' Furthermore, the Lotus Sūtra says: 'If good sons and good daughters uphold and embrace this Lotus Sūtra, whether reading it, reciting it, explaining it, or copying it, these persons will attain eight hundred merits of the eye, one thousand two hundred merits of the ear, eight hundred merits of the nose, one thousand two hundred merits of the tongue, eight hundred merits of the body, and one thousand two hundred merits of the mind.'