02.Cut meat feeding eagle shakyamuni Buddha

When the Buddha shakyamuni Buddha in the past, met a lean and hungry vulture, is urgent to hunt down a kind and gentle dove dove panic terror, see bodhisattva, pale asylum, bald eagles hunt may not hard to put into the bosom, weeks turning don't go, show the appearance of the dragon said to Buddha: "you in order to save the dove's life, don't let me die of hunger?"Buddha asked the eagle said, "what do you need food?"The eagle replied, "I want to eat meat."Bodhisattva silent, then cut the flesh of his arm to cover.But the eagle requirements and the pigeon meat equal weight.Bodhisattva muscles continue to cut her body, but the cut instead of the light, until the flesh was cut, the weight is not equivalent to the birds.Then asked the Buddha: "are you regret now?"Bodhisattva replied: "I no regrets."In order to convince the bald eagle, and continue to say: "if my words, true not false, fresh my body muscle, growth recovery."Vows to just finish, body muscle was restored to its original state.So bald eagle touched admire, immediately return the day emperor, sincere respect to bodhisattva week praised in the air.Change the bald eagle, was sent to test the bodhisattva hard to endure to endure, hard line can do great deeds.