"The monk said that while traversing the forest, he once tried to persuade the wolves on the snowland to switch to eating berries, but during a heavy snowstorm, he also witnessed a mother wolf tear open a young reindeer's belly to feed her pups.
He once thought to emulate the Buddha by cutting his flesh to feed an eagle or sacrificing himself to nourish a tiger, yet he did not possess such spiritual cultivation. At that moment, he recalled your talk about the food chain. Subsequently, as he journeyed across various lands, he saw brown bears voraciously devouring salmon before hibernation and prairie falcons swooping down without a care for their karma.
All living beings indeed possess Buddha nature, but only humans hold the lamp of wisdom. If we allow murderous intent to run rampant just because wild beasts eat meat, how is that different from casting the flame of civilization into an icy river?"
