佛言：「睹人施道，助之欢喜，得福甚大。」
沙门问曰：「此福尽乎？」
佛言：「譬如一炬之火，数千百人，各以炬来分取，熟食除冥，此炬如故，福亦如之。」
— 释迦牟尼佛
《四十二章经》: 第十章
Buddha said, ‘Observing people practising giving’s path, and supporting them joyfully, attains blessings extremely great.
Śramaṇas asked, ‘Will these blessings end?’
The Buddha said, ‘For example, like the fire of one torch, if several thousands of hundreds of people, each with torches come to separately obtain fire, to cook food and eradicate darkness, with this torch remaining as before, the blessings are likewise like them.’
— Śākyamuni Buddha
(Sūtra Of 42 Sections: 10th Section)
