The Mahāyāna Sūtra on the Manifestation of Consciousness (85)

Original text: 或为人王。或为辅相。或豪望贵重。或财富自在。或为诸长。或作大商主。或得天身。受天胜果。由识为福资。身获乐报。如彼福胜。天神所著。得胜妙花香。香美饮食。便即欢喜。病者安隐。今得尊贵。豪富自在。当知皆是。由福资识。身获乐果。

Explanation: The Buddha said that those nourished by merit attain happy retributions: some become kings or emperors, some become chief ministers and high officials, some are born into prominent and noble families, some become wealthy elders with abundant riches at their disposal, some become great merchant lords enjoying prosperity and prominence, and some ascend to the heavens to enjoy blessings as devas. All of these result from the seeds of meritorious karma stored in the ālayavijñāna. When nourished by merit, the ālayavijñāna manifests a body of blessed retribution to enjoy happy rewards. It is like a person of great merit whom a deva or deity possesses: that person's retribution resonates with that of the deva or deity. Such a person enjoys supreme and wonderful fragrance of flowers, as well as fragrant and delicious food and drink, and feels extraordinary joy within. If the possessed person has an illness, the illness disappears at that moment, because devas and deities never fall ill and will not allow this person to become sick again. The possessed person now obtains the retribution of wealth, honor, and freedom from want; know that all of this is the result of the meritorious karma one created in the past nourishing the ālayavijñāna, allowing the present five aggregates to obtain a happy retribution.