假使一月，常以衣食，
供养恭敬，一切众生，
不如有人，一念念佛，
所得功德，十六分一。
释迦牟尼佛
《大般涅槃经》
If [for] one month, constantly with clothing [and] food,
offering reverently, [to] all sentient beings,
[this is] not equal [to] having [a] person,
[with] one thought mindful [of] Buddha,
[with] those attained meritorious virtues,
[being] sixteen parts’ one
[i.e. one-sixteenth: 1/16].
Śākyamuni Buddha
(Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra)
