An idea from The Diamond Sutra

Picture the whole universe filled with gold and jewels, all of it given away. Now picture someone who holds on to one 4-line verse of the teaching and explains it to another person. The Buddha says again and again that the second gift is greater.

From The Diamond Sutra by Anonymous

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