念佛三昧寶王論 1.46

1.46

對曰：「夫尸毘救鴿，上稱方平者，王禽異也，保命一也。安得固食其肉，用資敗軀，而兀兀然，不知其懼哉？苟能悟之，為未來諸佛者，孰肯飛白刃於赤鱗，放蒼鷹於狡兔，如夕蛾投火自取其斃歟！故《楞伽》、《寶積經》、〈佛語心品〉偈云：

I reply: When Śibi saved the dove, the scale balanced evenly above; although king and bird were different, their preservation of life was one. How could one insist on eating their meat to nourish a decaying body, remaining heedless without knowing fear? If one can realize that they are future buddhas, who would be willing to draw a gleaming blade against fish with red scales, or loose a blue falcon upon a cunning hare, like an evening moth plunging into fire to bring about its own death? Thus the verses in the Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra, the Mahāratnakūṭa Sūtra, and the 'Buddha-Spoken Heart Chapter' state: