法苑珠林 82.26

82.26

"'I now protect the life of another,
Though my own body suffers distress.
There is no other expedient;
Only with my life can I substitute for its.
If I say another carried it away,
These words would also be improper;
Even if I myself could escape fault,
I should not speak falsely.
I now surrender my body and life
For the sake of this goose's life;
Therefore, through the condition of guarding the precepts,
I thereby achieve liberation.'"