Post by Neo on Oct 14, 2020 14:51:32 GMT -5
"What then are the benefits of circumambulating the stupa of the Lord of the World? Although words are far too limited to express them well, out of mercy for sentient beings, and as requested by Sariputra, the Lord of the World will indicate the benefits of honoring the stupa.
"The value of one hundred horses, one hundred measures of gold, one hundred chariots drawn by mules, one hundred chariots drawn by mares and filled with precious jewels could not even begin to equal one sixteenth part of one step of one circumambulation.
"One hundred maidens of Kamboja wearing jeweled earrings with circlets of gold upon their arms and adorned with rings and necklaces of the finest gold; one hundred elephants, snowy white, robust and broad-backed, adorned with gold and jewels, carrying their great trunks curved over their heads like plowshares, could not even begin to equal one sixteenth part of the value of one step of one circumambulation.
"O wise one, the benefit of those who joyfully take one step around the Buddha's stupa is unmatched by the benefit of gaining one hundred thousand measures of gold from the gold river of Jambu.
"O wise one, the benefit of those who joyfully offer a clay bowls to the Buddha's stupa is unmatched by the benefit of those with one hundred thousand palaces made of gold from the gold river of Jambu.
"O wise one, the benefit of those who joyfully heap flowers before the Buddha's stupa is unmatched by the benefit of having one hundred thousand vessels made of gold from the gold river of Jambu.
"O wise one, the benefit of those who joyfully bear flower garlands for the Buddha's stupa is unmatched by the benefit of having twenty million bales.
"O wise one, the benefit of those who joyfully sprinkle perfumed water upon the Buddha's stupa is unmatched by the benefit of having one thousand hillocks of gold made from the gold river of Jambu.
"O wise one, the benefit of those who joyfully offer butter lamps to the Buddha's stupa is unmatched by the benefits of having one hundred thousand times ten million measures of gold from the gold river of Jambu.
"O wise one, the benefit of those who joyfully offer victory banners, pennants, and parasols to the Buddha's stupa is unmatched by the benefit of those who possess one hundred thousand great mountains of gold.
"There is no difference between the merit of those who make offerings while I am here and those who make offerings after my nirvana, if their virtuous intentions are the same.
"Such is the inconceivable Buddha;
So also the inconceivable Buddhadharma;
for those with faith in the inconceivable,
inconceivable are the results" ~ Caitya-pradaksina- gatha
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Source:
nyima108.blogspot.com/2006/10/all-about-chrtens.html