諸經要集 16.83

16.83

Furthermore, the Saṅgharakṣa-sūtra states: In the past, the Bodhisattva manifested as a parrot, regularly staying in a tree. Wind blew against that tree, causing [its branches] to rub against one another, whereupon fire emerged. The fire gradually grew fierce and ultimately consumed the mountain. The parrot thought: 'Even flying birds that merely rest their bodies in a great tree are bound to reciprocate and give rise to the intention of repaying kindness. How much more so for me, who have stayed in it for long nights—should I not extinguish the fire?' It immediately went to the ocean, took up the water of the great ocean with its two wings, reached the fire, and sprinkled it upon the fire, or sprinkled it with its beak, dashing back and forth from east to west. At that time, a benevolent deity was moved by its strenuous toil and immediately extinguished the fire for it.