‘And if, O Subhati, a son or a daughter of a good family were to fill worlds equal to the number of grains of sand of the river Ganga with the seven treasures, and give them as a gift to holy and fully enlightened Tathagatas; and if a Bodhisattva acquired endurance in selfless and uncreated things, then the latter will on the strength of this produce a larger stock of merit, immeasurable and innumerable.
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Diamond Sūtra
Diamond Sūtra 28
English · F. Max Müller
English · F. Max Müller
‘But, O Subhati, a stock of merit should not be appropriated by a noble-minded Bodhisattva.’ The venerable Subhuti said: ‘Should a stock of merit, O Bhagavat, not be appropriated by a Bodhisattva’ Bhagavat said: ‘It should be appropriated, O Subhiti; it should not be appropriated; and therefore it is said: It should be appropriated.’