經律異相 14.4

14.4

舍利弗於六十劫中行菩薩道。欲度布施河時有一人來乞其眼。舍利弗言。眼無所任何以索之。若須我身及財物者當以相與。答曰。唯欲得眼。舍利弗出一眼而與之。乞者得眼唾而脚踏。舍利弗言。如此等人難可度也。不如自調早伏生死。於是迴向小乘（出大智度論第十二卷）。

For sixty kalpas Śāriputra practiced the bodhisattva path. When he wished to cross the river of giving, a man came to beg for his eye. Śāriputra said, "An eye is of no use; why do you ask for it? If you need my body and material wealth, I will give them to you."
He replied, "I only want to get your eye."
Śāriputra plucked out one eye and gave it to him. The beggar took the eye, spat on it, and trampled it with his foot.
Śāriputra said, "People like this are difficult to deliver. It is better to tame myself and early subdue birth and death." Thereupon he turned back toward the Hīnayāna. (Extracted from the twelfth fascicle of the Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa).