諸經要集 2.116

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又十輪經云。譬如過去有王。名曰福德。若人有犯罪過乃至繫縛。王不欲奪命。將付狂象。爾時狂象捉其二足欲撲其地。而見此人著染色衣故。狂象即便安徐置地。不敢損傷。共對蹲坐以鼻䑛足。而生慈心。族姓子。象是畜生。見染衣人尚不加惡生於害心。乃至未來世。有旃陀羅王。見我法中有人出家。堪任法器。及不成法器。故作逼惱或奪其命。命終之後必墮阿鼻地獄。

Furthermore, the Sūtra of the Ten Wheels states: For example, in the past there was a king named Fude (Meritorious Virtue). If someone committed a crime or offence, they were bound, but the king did not wish to take their life; he had them delivered to a mad elephant. At that time, the mad elephant grabbed the person's two feet and was about to throw them to the ground; but seeing that this person wore dyed robes, the mad elephant slowly placed them on the ground, not daring to harm them. Sitting facing them, it licked their feet with its trunk and gave rise to a mind of compassion. Sons of good family, an elephant is an animal, yet seeing a person in dyed robes, it did not inflict evil or harbor a wish to harm; how much less in the future age! If there are caṇḍāla kings who, seeing someone in my teaching who has gone forth—whether fit to be a vessel of the Dharma or not—deliberately harass them or take their life, after their life ends they will surely fall into Avīci Hell.