大通方廣懺悔滅罪莊嚴成佛經 2.46

2.46

And I have spoken these words: Giving to an animal yields a hundredfold retribution of merit; giving to an icchantika yields a thousandfold retribution of merit. Good man, one who severs the roots of goodness goes to the icchantikas at death; one without shame and remorse goes to the animals at death. If animals and icchantikas, when their retributions ripen, can still receive offerings and plant fields of merit for people, how much more so this person! For this reason, now this Mahāyāna, the Great Universal Vaipulya, has great and inconceivable awe-inspiring power, and can cause [the sins of] broken precepts, the five unpardonable offenses, slandering the True Dharma, false views, and defilements to be wholly eliminated, so that they are able to receive offerings."