法苑珠林 81.6

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又智度論問。云何布施得到彼岸不到彼岸。答曰。如舍利弗於六十劫中行菩薩道欲度彼岸。時有乞人來乞其眼。舍利弗言。眼無所任。何以索之。若須我身及以財物者。當以相與。答言。不須。唯欲得眼。若汝實行檀者。以眼見與。爾時舍利弗出一眼與之。乞者得眼。於舍利弗前嗅之。嫌臭唾而棄地。又以脚蹋。舍利弗思惟言。如此弊人難可度也。眼實無用而強索之。既得無用而棄。又以脚蹋。何弊之甚。如此人輩不可度也。不如自調早度生死。思惟是已於菩薩道退迴向小乘。是名不到彼岸。若能不退成辦佛道名到彼岸。

Furthermore, the Mahāprajñāpāramitā-śāstra asks: "How does giving reach the other shore, and how does it not reach the other shore?" The answer says: For instance, when Śāriputra practiced the bodhisattva path for sixty kalpas wishing to cross over to the other shore, a beggar came to ask for his eye. Śāriputra said: "An eye is of no use [to you]; why do you seek it? If you need my body or my wealth, I will give them to you." He answered: "I do not need them; I only wish to have your eye. If you truly practice dāna, give me your eye!" At that time, Śāriputra gouged out one eye and gave it to him. Having received the eye, the beggar smelled it in front of Śāriputra, disliked its foul smell, spat, threw it to the ground, and trampled it with his foot. Śāriputra thought: "Such vile persons are difficult to deliver! An eye is truly of no use, yet he forcibly demanded it; having obtained it, it was of no use and he discarded it, further trampling it with his foot. How exceedingly vile! Such people cannot be saved. It is better to discipline myself and cross over birth and death quickly." Having thought this, he retreated from the bodhisattva path and turned toward the Hīnayāna. This is called not reaching the other shore. If one is able not to regress and completes the Buddha path, it is called reaching the other shore.