Buddhist Scripture Folk Tales-King Saboda

　　 There was a king named Saboda, who was kind-hearted and compassionate, and he often helped the poor and helped the poor, doing good and accumulating virtue.

After 　　 Tiandi explained this situation, he was very worried and felt hot under his seat. Because this status is not a lifelong system, no matter who it is, as long as he persists in cultivating virtuous virtues and cultivates to a certain level, he will be reborn in heaven after death.

　　 The emperor was afraid that King Saboda would come to seize his throne, so he wanted to test how far King Saboda had practiced, and what he wanted to do, so he asked one of his servants and said to him: " King Sapota of the lower realm is cultivating good virtues. He is very famous and has a deep virtue. He probably wants to seize my throne! Now I become an eagle, you become a dove, I chase you, and you flee to Sapota The king, ask him for help. Since he is kind-hearted, he will definitely save you, and then I will ask him for a dove. Since he promised to save you, he can’t give you to me, maybe he will buy some meat in exchange, but I If he insists on not agreeing, he will cut his own meat to survive the pigeon's life. Then I will play some tricks and teach him how to cut the meat, even if the whole body is cut off, he will not be able to bear the weight of the pigeon. He will definitely regret it, so that the merits accumulated by his previous good deeds will be completely invalidated, and I will not be able to take away my throne."

　　 Then, the Emperor Shi became a majestic goshawk, and his attendants became one. A cute little pigeon. The goshawk pounced on the pigeon viciously, and the pigeon panicked while calling for help, while fleeing away.

　　 King Saboda was dealing with political affairs in the palace, and suddenly heard a cry for help from the air, and looked up and saw a goshawk chasing a poor white dove.

　　 the pigeons dodge from the east and west, there is no way to escape, and rushed to the feet of King Saboda and shouted: "The king! The eagle wants to eat me, please help! Help!"

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Wang said: "Don't be afraid,I will save you.

　　 Goshawk then jumped over, stood in front of the palace, and said to King Saboda: "This pigeon is the food in my mouth. Now it has fled to you, the king." Please give it back to me soon, the king, I am extremely hungry. "

　　 Sapoda King said: "I vowed to save all sentient beings, not to mention this pigeon begged me for help, and I have promised it. People should believe in what they say, and I can't give you this dove. "

　　 Goshawk said: "The king! You said you want to save all sentient beings, but if I cannot eat this pigeon today, I will starve to death. Am I not one of the sentient beings? Do you just watch me starve to death without paying attention? "

　　 Sapoda King said: "If this is the case, then I will bring you some more meat, so you don't want to eat this poor pigeon. "

　　 Goshawk said: "That's fine. But what you brought must be fresh and hot meat that has just been cut, otherwise I will not eat it. "

　　 Goshawk said that, King Sapoda felt embarrassed in his heart. He wanted to find some cooked meat casually and send the goshawk away, but he did not expect that the goshawk would only eat fresh hot meat. Sabo King Darth thought, "Where can I find the fresh and hot meat? If other animals are slaughtered for this purpose, I will kill another in order to save one life. I cannot do such a thing. After thinking about it, he decided to cut a piece of meat from himself to feed the goshawk. He made up his mind and said to the goshawk bluntly: "Since you must eat the freshly cut hot meat, then I will cut a piece of meat for you. Bar! "

　　 Seeing that King Sapoda was trapped, the Goshawk smiled secretly in his heart, but said solemnly: "My lord! Your ability to do this shows that you are morally high. However, since you want to save all living beings, you should treat everything equally. Although I am only a bird, I promise to be impartial. Therefore, as long as the meat you cut is as heavy as the pigeon just now,Then, I promise I won’t bother with that pigeon again. "

　　 King Sapota said: "Okay! "Let the left and right fetch a balance.

　　 Sapoda put the pigeon on one end of the balance, and endured the pain, holding a sharp blade from his left leg, cut off a roughly equal piece of meat, and placed it on The other end of the balance.

　　 Because God got messed up, the end of the balance where the pigeons were placed was sinking low, while the end where the meat was placed was up and down.

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Upon seeing this, King Da hurriedly cut off another piece of meat, but the two ends of the balance were still unbalanced. In this way, the meat on his two legs was completely cut, and the blood dripped all over the floor. The end of the balance where the meat was placed was still The ground was tilted up high. King Saboda had no choice but to continue cutting off his breasts and arms. His cutable naked eye was almost finished, and the balance was still unbalanced. King Saboda was anxious and struggling. With the only little strength of his body, he rushed to the balance and fainted.

　　 At this time, the heavens and the earth shook, and the gods descended one after another, moved by the noble behavior of King Saboda.

At this time 　　 Tiandi Shi also returned to his original form. He awakened King Saboda and asked: "Why are you doing such a good deed that ordinary people can't do? What is it for? Do you want to be the king of runners? Or do you want to release it on the same day? Among these three realms, what exactly are you pursuing? "

　　 King Sapota said in a weak but firm voice: "I want nothing in these three realms. I only hope that all sentient beings will be saved." "

　　 Tiandi Shi asked again: "Today, you cut all the meat of your whole body for a little pigeon. After eating so much hardship, do you feel regretful? "

　　 King Saboda said: "I don't regret it at all."

　　 Tiandi Shih realized that King Saboda was not trying to grab his seat, but there was always a little worry in his heart, and he asked: "Are you telling the truth?" "

　　 "Of course it's all true.

　　 "Is there any evidence to prove that you are telling the truth?"

　　 King Sapota struggled to stand up and swears to the heaven and the earth: "Heaven is above and the earth is below. If I just told a lie, please punish me!" If all I say is the truth, please let my body calm down! "

　　 It’s strange to say that as soon as King Sapoda’s voice fell, new meat suddenly grew out of his body, which was exactly the same as before, and even a scar was not left.

　　When God saw this situation, everyone put their palms together and admired the noble character of King Sapota, and rejoiced for him to restore his health. "Six Degrees Collection" Volume 1 "Sapota King Bensheng" adaptation. See " Taisho Collection" Volume 3, Page 1, Volume 4, Page 351.