金剛般若經旨贊 2.5

2.5

Sūtra: 'The Buddha told [Subhūti,] […]' […] One encompasses […] first […] clarifies […] self and others; because it can exit the three realms; because it can sever ignorance; because it can purify the Dharma body. Merit is not like this, because merit is inferior. A verse spoken in the *Kāśyapa-parivarta* says: 'If worlds as numerous as the Ganges sands were filled with precious jewels / And these were given to all the Tathāgatas, / It would not equal a single dharma. / Though jewels are measureless, they do not equal the giving of a single dharma. / The merit of one gāthā is still superior; / How much more so is the abundance that is difficult to conceive!' Since it encompasses superior merit, the merit generated by upholding four lines surpasses the merit of giving.