淨名經集解關中疏 2.502

2.502

The Buddha told the Lord of Devas: 'You should know that if a good man or good woman hears this scripture of inconceivable liberation, faithfully understands, accepts and upholds, reads, recites, and practices it, their merit surpasses that.' Third, directly comparing the superiority. Daosheng says: 'Making offerings of food and clothing fundamentally relies on the exertion of giving to bring forth merit; it is not the method of seeking the principle. Based on this, one can merely be born among humans and devas, and will never attain Buddhahood. Making offerings to the dharmakāya takes what the Buddha realized as one's aspiration, resting on the wisdom of great awakening. When compared with this, how could their superiority and inferiority be spoken of in the same breath?'