Buddhacarita by Ven Asvaghosa - Ancient Buddhist Texts

Buddha-carita, or Life of Buddha - 219
125. ‘There is pre-eminent merit from the worship of one Bodhisattva,
and they shall all themselves become Bodhisattvas, let every one
worship them;
126. ‘Therefore there is pre-eminent merit from the worship of one
Buddha, – they shall all themselves become Jinas, let every one
devoutly worship them; and he too shall obtain this pre-eminent merit
who hears this or causes others to hear it.
127. ‘And whosoever in days when the good Law is abolished
abandons love for his own body and life and proclaims day and night
these good words, – pre-eminent is his merit from this.
128. ‘He who wishes to worship constantly the lords of saints, the
Pratyeka-Buddhas and the Arhats, let him resolutely produce in his
mind the idea of true wisdom and proclaim these good words and the
Law.
129. ‘This jewel of all good doctrines, which is uttered by the Buddhas
for the good of all beings, – even one who lives in a house will be a
Tathāgata for it, where this good doctrine prevails.
130. ‘He obtains a glorious and endless splendour who teaches even
one word thereof; he will not miss one consonant nor the meaning
who gives this Sūtra to others.