[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [念佛三昧寶王論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1967) › 1.46 # 念佛三昧寶王論 1.46 念佛三昧寶王論 1.46 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1967.1.46) 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: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1967.1.45) - [Next: 1.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1967.1.47) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1967.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1967~en-mt.1.46) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1967.1.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1967.1.46) · Pramāṇa