Buddhacarita by Ven Asvaghosa - Ancient Buddhist Texts

Buddha-carita, or Life of Buddha - 214
87. ‘Whosoever, Sirs, hears, sees, and welcomes with joy this
methodical arrangement of the Law, which is a mine of happiness and
prosperity, and honours it with folded hands,
88. ‘Shall attain pre-eminent strength with a glorious form and limbs,
and a retinue of the holy, and an intelligence of the highest reach,
89. ‘And the happiness of perfect contemplation, with a deep calm of
uninterrupted bliss, with his senses in their highest perfection, and
illuminated by unclouded knowledge.
90. ‘He shall assuredly attain these eight pre-eminent perfections, who
hears and sees this Law with a serene soul and worships it with folded
hands.
91. ‘Whosoever in the midst of the assembly shall gladly offer a pulpit
to the high-minded teacher of the great Law,
92. ‘That virtuous man shall assuredly attain the seat of the most
excellent, and also the seat of a householder, and the throne of a
universal monarch;
93. ‘He shall also attain the throne of one of the guardian-spirits of
the world, and also the firm throne of Śakra, and also throne of the
Vaśavartinaḥ gods, aye, and the supreme throne of Brahman;
94. ‘And also with the permission of the Bodhisattva who is seated on
the Bodhi throne he shall obtain the throne of a teacher of the good
Law who has risen to perfect knowledge.