諸經要集 8.47

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又善見律云。目連為阿育王演本生經云。大王。往昔有一鷓鴣鳥。為人籠繫在地愁怖。便大鳴喚。同類雲集為人所殺。鷓鴣問道人云。我有罪不。道人答云。汝鳴聲時有殺心不。鷓鴣鳥言。我鳴命伴來無殺心也。道人即答。若無殺心汝無罪心也。而說偈言。

Furthermore, the Samantapāsādikā states: Maudgalyāyana expounded a jātaka sūtra to King Aśoka, saying: Great King, once in the past there was a partridge bird that was caged and bound on the ground, sorrowful and terrified. It cried out loudly, and its fellows gathered like clouds and were killed by men. The partridge asked a man of the Way: "Do I have guilt or not?" The man of the Way answered: "When you cried out, did you have a mind to kill?" The partridge bird said: "I cried out to summon my companions; I had no mind to kill." The man of the Way replied: "If you had no mind to kill, you have no guilty mind." And he spoke a verse: