法苑珠林 82.37

82.37

又大莊嚴論說。有諸比丘。曠野中行。為賊劫掠。剝脫衣裳。時此群賊懼諸比丘往告聚落。盡欲殺害。賊中一人先曾出家。語同伴言。今者何為盡欲殺害。比丘之法不得傷草。今者以草繫諸比丘。彼畏傷故終不能得四向馳告。賊即以草而繫縛之。捨之而去。諸比丘等既被草縛。恐犯禁戒不得挽絕。身無衣服為日所炙。蚊虻蠅蚤之所唼嬈。從旦被縛至於日夕。轉到日沒晦冥大暗。夜行禽獸交橫馳走。甚可悑畏。有老比丘語諸年少。說偈誡言。

The *Mahālaṃkāra-śāstra* also states: There were bhikṣus traveling in the wilderness who were robbed by bandits and stripped of their robes. At that time, this band of bandits feared that the bhikṣus would go and report them to the settlements, and wanted to kill them all. One of the bandits had previously gone forth [as a monk]; he said to his companions, "Why should we kill them all now? The rule of bhikṣus forbids injuring grass. If we now bind the bhikṣus with grass, because they fear injuring it, they will never be able to run in all four directions to report us." The bandits then bound them with grass and left them behind. The bhikṣus, having been bound with grass, feared violating the prohibitive precepts and dared not pull to break it. With no clothes on their bodies, they were scorched by the sun and bitten and harassed by mosquitoes, horseflies, flies, and fleas. Bound from dawn until dusk, it turned to sunset and pitch darkness. Night-roaming birds and beasts dashed back and forth, which was terrifying. An elder bhikṣu spoke to the youths, admonishing them with a verse, saying: