Chapter 17 - Distinctions in Benefits
At that time the Buddha said to the bodhisattva and mahasattva
Maitreya: "Ajita, if there are living beings who, on hearing that the
life span of the Buddha is of such long duration, are able to believe
and understand it even for a moment, the benefits they gain thereby
will be without limit or measure.
"Suppose there are good men or good women who, for the sake of
anuttara-samyak-sambodhi, over a period of eight hundred thousand
million nayutas of kalpas practise the five paramitas-- the paramitas
of dana (almsgiving), shila (keeping of the precepts), kshanti
(forbearance), virya (assidousness) and dhyana (meditation), the
paramita of prajna being omitted--the benefits they obtain will not
measure up to even a hundredth part, a thousandth part, a hundred,
thousand, ten thousand, millionth part of the benefits mentioned
previously.
"Indeed it is beyond the power of calculation, simile or parable to
convey the comparison. For good men who have gained such benefits as
those (mentioned previously) to fall back without reaching the goal of
anuttara-samyak-sambodhi is utterly unimaginable."
[ If you believe the One inside you is eternal, your benefits are ...

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