It was Sakyamuni who cut off the flesh and fed it to the eagles.

Before Sakyamuni Buddha became a Buddha, he was meditating in the forest when he was practicing the Bodhisattva path.

At this moment, there was an eagle chasing a dove in the sky. When the dove had no way out, it flew into Sakyamuni's sleeve. The eagle flew in front of Sakyamuni and asked Sakyamuni to release this

But Sakyamuni wanted to save the pigeon, so he told the eagle to let the pigeon go. But the eagle said, if I let it go, if it lives, I will starve to death, so who can save it?

In order to save the pigeon, I, Sakyamuni, told the eagle that I would replace the pigeon with my own flesh.

The eagle said that it must be the same meat as the pigeon.

So the eagle brought a scale from somewhere else, and Sakyamuni put the pigeon on one side of the scale. Sakyamuni used a knife to cut off the pigeon's flesh and put it on the other side of the scale. Sakyamuni kept cutting like this.

Strangely, no matter how much Sakyamuni cut it, the scale could not be balanced. At this time, Sakyamuni jumped into the scale without much hesitation, and the scale finally became balanced.

Extended information: The Buddha had to practice six perfections in his previous life in order to achieve perfection.

Cutting meat and feeding it to the eagle is one of the six degrees of generosity.

The fifth degree of the first day is as before.

The sixth wisdom is to distinguish truth. These six degrees are the totality of all actions.

The first five are blessings, and the last one is wisdom.

Use blessings to help you achieve wise conduct, rely on wise conduct to eliminate confusion and prove truth, and cross the sea of ??life and death.

"Giving" is one of the six perfections of Buddhism.

It is an important method for spiritual practice. Giving can help you build good relationships, give up greed, and cultivate good roots.

When Buddhism was first introduced to our country, people did not engage in production, followed the teachings of Sakyamuni, and lived by begging.

This is why monks call people "donors" when they meet them.