Section 11 — The merit of the unconditioned is greater無為福勝分第十一
1The Sands of the Ganges
「須菩提！如恆河中所有沙數，如是沙等恆河，於意云何？是諸恆河沙，寧為多不？」
"Subhuti! Suppose that for every grain of sand in the Ganges (恆河) there were another Ganges. What do you think? Would the sands of all those Ganges rivers be many?"
Interlinear notes 1
修無為福，勝於布施
Cultivating the merit of the unconditioned surpasses giving.
2The Rivers Alone Are Countless
須菩提言：「甚多，世尊！但諸恆河，尚多無數，何況其沙。」
Subhuti said, "Very many, World-Honored One! Those Ganges rivers alone would be countless — how much more their grains of sand."
3Giving in as Many Worlds as Those Sands
「須菩提！我今實言告汝：若有善男子、善女人，以七寶滿爾所恆河沙數三千大千世界，以用布施，得福多不？」
"Subhuti! I tell you now in truth: if a good man or a good woman gave away the seven treasures enough to fill as many great thousandfold world-systems as there are grains of sand in those Ganges rivers, would the merit gained be great?"
4Very Great, World-Honored One
須菩提言：「甚多，世尊！」
Subhuti said, "Very great, World-Honored One!"
5A Four-Line Verse Is Greater
佛告須菩提：「若善男子、善女人，於此經中，乃至受持四句偈等，為他人說，而此福德，勝前福德。」
The Buddha said to Subhuti, "If a good man or a good woman took up and kept even a four-line verse from this sutra and explained it to others, that merit would surpass the merit before."