Summary
s.1The Buddha’s disciple Ānanda is on an alms round in Śrāvastī when he notices an immaculate palace. He wonders whether it would be more meritorious to offer such a palace to the monastic community or to enshrine a relic of the Buddha within a small stūpa. He poses this question to the Buddha who describes how the merit of the latter far exceeds any other offerings one could make. The reason the Buddha cites for this is the immense qualities that the buddhas possess.
s.1佛陀的弟子阿難在舍衛城乞食時，注意到一座無瑕的宮殿。他思考著，將這樣的宮殿供養給僧伽是否更有功德，還是將佛陀的舍利安奉在小塔中功德更大。他把這個問題提出給佛陀，佛陀說明了後者的功德遠遠超過任何其他供養。佛陀引用的理由是佛陀具有無量的功德。