10. The Buddha said, "Those who rejoice in seeing others observe the Way will obtain great blessing." A Sramana asked the Buddha, "Would this blessing be destroyed?" The Buddha replied, "It is like a lighted torch whose flame can be distributed to ever so many others torches which flame can be distributed to ever so many other torches which people may bring along; and therewith they will cook food and dispel darkness, while the original torch itself remains burning ever the same. It is even so with the bliss of the Way."
11. The Buddha said, "It is better to feed a good man than one hundred bad men. It is better to feed one who observe the Five Precepts of the Buddha than to feed one thousand good men. It is better to feed one Srotaapanna (Stream-enteree) than to feed ten thousands of those who observe the Five Precepts of Buddha. It is better to feed one Skriddagamin than to feed one million Srotaapanna. It is better to feed one Anagamin than to feed one Arhat than to feed one hundred millions of Anagamins. It is better to feed one Pratyekabuddha than to feed one billion of Arhats. It is better to feed one of the Buddha, either of the present, or of the past, or of the future, than to feed ten billions of Pratyekabuddhas. It is better to feed one who is above knowledge, one-sidedness, discipline, and enlightenment than to feed one hundred billions of Buddhas of the past, present, or future.
12. The Buddha said, "There are twenty difficult things to attain in this world:
(1) It is hard for the poor to practice charity.
(2) It is hard for the strong and rich to observe the Way.
(3) It is hard to disregard life and go to certain death.
(4) It is only a favoured few that get acquainted with a Buddhist sutra.
(5) It is hard to be born in the age of the Buddha.
(6) It is hard to conquer the passions, to suppress selfish desires.
(7) It is hard not to hanker after that which is agreeable.
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It is hard not to get into a passion when slighted.
(9) It is hard not to abuse one's authority.
(10) It is hard to be even-minded and simple hearted in all one's dealings with others.
(11) It is hard to be thorough in learning and exhaustive in investigation.
(12) It is hard to subdue selfish pride.
(13) It is hard not to feel contempt toward the unlearned.
(14) It is hard to be one in knowledge and practice.
(15) It is hard not to express an opinion about others.
(16) It is by rare opportunity that one is introduced to a true spiritual teacher.
(17) It is hard to gain an insight into the nature of being and to practice the Way.
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It is hard to follow the way of a saviour.
(19) It is hard to be always the master of oneself.
(20) It is hard to understand thoroughly the Ways of Buddha."