Story of Buddha: The Injured Bird

Buddha was a prince and was earlier known as Prince Siddhartha. The injured bird story of buddha was about an incident that took place when he was a prince.

Prince Siddhartha and his cousin Devadatta took a morning stroll through the woods. Siddhartha showed a swan in the sky to Devadatta.

Devadatta fired an arrow at it before Siddhartha had a chance to stop him.

The bird was knocked to the ground by the arrow. The boys made a hasty dash for it. He gently removed the arrow from the bird as he picked it up, then tended to its wound. Devadatta got there just then. “Give me the bird; it’s mine,” Devadatta declared. Siddhartha insisted on keeping the bird. Devadatta sought justice by taking his cousin to court.

The bird was knocked down after I fired the arrow. “I own it,” Devadatta declared.

Siddhartha stated, “I nursed its wound.”

The bird Siddhartha was holding was examined by the judge.

The judge stated, “You could have claimed the bird if your arrow had killed it.” But Siddhartha kept it alive. The wise judge stated, “The bird belongs to the one who saved it, not the one who tried to kill it.”

The bird had completely recovered by that point, and the wound had healed. Siddhartha let the bird go when he went outside. The bird is solitary. As he watched the swan soar into the sky, Siddhartha declared, “It belongs to no one.”

Moral of Story of Buddha: The Injured Bird

The one who saves a life has more right to it than the one who causes harm.