金剛般若經旨贊 1.87

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經。若復有人至其福勝彼　贊曰。次顯校量。於中有三。初明福勝。次詰所由。後釋所以。此初也。以彼施福但招生死。不趣菩提。故福為劣。若於此經。受持演說。當感菩提。其福勝彼。是故菩薩。應斷疑情。勿謂無福而不持說。故天親論。斷疑頌云。

Sūtra: "If, furthermore, a person [takes from this sūtra even a four-line verse, receives, retains, and expounds it for others,] their merit surpasses the former."

Commentary: Next is the revelation through comparison. Within it are three parts: first, explaining that the merit is superior; next, questioning the reason; later, explaining the reason. This is the first. Because the merit of that generosity merely brings about birth-and-death and does not tend toward bodhi, that merit is inferior. If, concerning this sūtra, one receives, retains, and expounds it, one will induce bodhi, and that merit surpasses the former. Therefore, bodhisattvas should sever doubt and not say that there is no merit and fail to uphold and expound it. Thus Vasubandhu's treatise, in the verse severing doubt, says: