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第八讚佛得益門　難曰。如說修行。理實明矣。仰信專行。今讚佛之時。有何益焉。答曰。利益無邊。說不可盡。略而言之。旦諸佛世尊名聞滿十方。饒益眾生。稱歎無窮盡。一切眾生類。無不宗奉者何旨。寔由過去為凡夫時。以身意口業讚佛。及眾生不毀於他人由斯讚功德。今速成佛道。還令眾生恭敬尊重而讚嘆。故佛本行經云。釋迦菩薩翹一足。讚歎底沙佛故。讚曰。

Eighth: The Gate of Gaining Benefit from Praising the Buddha. An objection asks: 'Cultivating practice in accordance with the teaching—the principle is indeed clear. One looks up with faith and practices with single-minded devotion. Now, at the time of praising the Buddha, what benefit is there?' The answer states: 'The benefits are boundless and cannot be fully described. To state it briefly: first, the fame of the Buddhas, the World-Honoured Ones, fills the ten directions; they benefit sentient beings, and their praise is inexhaustible. Why is it that among all classes of sentient beings, there is none who does not revere them? It is truly because in the past, when they were ordinary worldlings, they praised the Buddhas with their physical, mental, and verbal actions, and praised sentient beings without disparaging others. By virtue of this merit of praise, they have now swiftly accomplished the Buddha Way, and in turn cause sentient beings to revere, honour, and praise them. Therefore, the Fo benxing jing (Sūtra on the Buddha's Past Deeds) states that the bodhisattva Śākya lifted one foot and praised the Buddha Tiṣya, reciting:'