諸經要集 8.36

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8.36

Furthermore, the Daśabhāṇavāra-vinaya states: The Buddha said: In a past life, near the Himālayas, there was a deer king named Tejas who was king over five hundred deer. At that time, a hunter laid out grain and set a snare. As the deer king walked forward, his right foot fell into the hair snare. The deer king thought: "If I show signs [of distress], the deer will not dare to eat the grain. I must wait until they finish eating the grain, and only then show my foot's condition." Then all the deer departed, and only one doe remained, who spoke a verse:

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