經律異相 19.58

19.58

昔有五百比丘。行大澤中值遇劫寇。劫其衣裳。縛諸比丘。悉令坐地。攬生草合。結其手而便捨去。此諸道人適欲殺草而起則違佛戒。各各生念。寧自滅身。終不違戒。執窮四日。國王出獵。見諸道人。坐于曠野。下馬作禮問其意故。即具便答。解諸道人將歸供養（出譬喻經第六卷）。

In the past, there were five hundred monks traveling through a great marsh when they encountered highwaymen. The robbers stole their robes, bound the monks, made them all sit on the ground, gathered living grass together, tied their hands with it, and then abandoned them. If these practitioners of the Way were to kill the grass to get up, they would violate the Buddha's precepts. Each conceived the thought: "I would rather destroy my own body than violate the precepts." They remained trapped for four days. The king of the country went out hunting and saw the practitioners sitting in the wilderness. He dismounted, bowed in greeting, and asked for the reason. They answered him in detail. The king untied the practitioners and brought them back to make offerings to them. (Extracted from the sixth fascicle of the Avadāna Sūtra).