一切智光明仙人慈心因緣不食肉經 1.12

1.12

"At that time in the forest, there were five hundred white hares. There was a hare king, mother and child, two animals. Seeing that the seer had not eaten for seven days, [the hare king] said: 'Now this seer, for the sake of the Buddha path, has not eaten for many days, and his life will not last long; the banner of the Dharma is about to collapse, and the ocean of the Dharma is about to dry up. For the sake of the supreme, great Dharma, so that it may abide long, I should not spare my own body and life.'