三彌勒經疏 1.41

1.41

" 'She told the hares: "I now wish to offer my body to the Dharma. Rejoice accordingly! Driven by the three poisons over many kalpas, I have vainly undergone saṃsāra in the forms of birds and beasts." She spoke to her son, saying: "You may seek water and grass as you wish, but keep mindful of the Three Jewels." Hearing his mother's words, the son said to his mother: "If it is for the sake of offering to the Dharma, I also wish and rejoice in it." He followed his mother into the fire. When the Bodhisattva relinquished her body, the earth shook and trembled, and the heavens rained down flowers to offer [to them]. After the meat was cooked, the tree spirits said to the ṛṣi: "The mother and son of the hare king have cast their bodies into the fire for the sake of offering to the Dharma. Now the meat is cooked; you must eat it." Hearing the spirits' words, the ṛṣi was grieved and could not reply, and spoke this verse: