經律異相 6.30

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過去王子。名摩訶薩埵。出遊林野。見虎新產七子多日飢餓命將欲絕。即脫衣裳以竹刺頸從高投下臥於虎前。虎舐其血漸就食盡。大王及宮內聽子不還。即遣人追求。使還具說。王勅收其舍利。起七寶塔（出金光明經第四卷）。

In the past, a prince named Mahāsattva went roaming in the forests and wilds. He saw a tigress that had newly given birth to seven cubs; starving for many days, their lives were on the verge of extinction. He thereupon stripped off his clothes, pierced his neck with a bamboo stalk, leaped down from a height, and lay before the tigress. The tigress licked his blood, gradually consumed him entirely. Hearing that their son had not returned, the Great King and the palace sent people to search for him. The messenger returned and recounted the matter in full. The king ordered his relics to be gathered and a stūpa of the seven treasures to be built. (Extracted from the Golden Light Sūtra, fascicle 4)