tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post5156206801299963376..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: .... it is estimated that more than 200 million animals are set free through this practice in Taiwan every year....Michael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-66428301801818893122015-12-06T13:05:05.499+08:002015-12-06T13:05:05.499+08:00Actually they already did, the celeb monks, 聖嚴,證嚴,...Actually they already did, the celeb monks, 聖嚴,證嚴, 星雲 have all spoken against the practice long ago. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-35218605071129434182015-12-05T08:52:44.923+08:002015-12-05T08:52:44.923+08:00Someone higher up in the Buddhist community needs ...Someone higher up in the Buddhist community needs to step up and put an end to the practice that essentially perpetuate the cycle of suffering. <br /><br />The feel good self-promotional aspect is anti-Buddhist.<br />The cause of animal death by releasing into the wrong Eco-system is anti-Buddhist.<br />The cycle of hunting and purchase and release is anti-Buddhist.<br /><br />There's honestly nothing Buddhist about these practices. Maybe before he die, that political monk (aka venerable celestial cloud) can earn some positive karma his way by coming out and putting a stop to the practice.TaiwanJunkienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-34632747705535068112015-12-04T13:26:28.411+08:002015-12-04T13:26:28.411+08:00...but still needs to be said! Also the practice o......but still needs to be said! Also the practice of burning vast amounts of fake money for offerings needs to be challenged and the vested interests that profit from these practices need to be overcome!Jeremy O'Donnellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-38799647934359688442015-12-03T19:33:35.890+08:002015-12-03T19:33:35.890+08:00@TaiwanJunkie
Buddhists love animals.
So they don...@TaiwanJunkie<br /><br />Buddhists love animals.<br />So they don't do hunting.<br />But Hunters do.<br />But Buddhists have money.<br />But hunters have live animals to deliver.<br />Buddhists release the animals.<br />Some die; one or two survive.<br />End of this year's catching-trading-releasing cycle.<br />See you next year.an angry taiwanesenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-71220324642105689292015-12-03T17:25:29.491+08:002015-12-03T17:25:29.491+08:00Gotta larf! Reminds me of the song - "All of ...Gotta larf! Reminds me of the song - "All of the monkeys ain't in the zoo, There's some a running loose around me and you...". Showing appropriate sympathy and concern for all those foreign domestic and other workers may earn more brownie points to ensure a slot in the next world, instead of damaging the environment in this way which must surely earn the eternal disapproval of the Lord Buddha. London has become overrun by green parakeets; Richmond park is full of them shrieking all day throughout the year. Surely a disaster for local bird life there too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-11433816948705150642015-12-03T11:23:25.768+08:002015-12-03T11:23:25.768+08:00Mike, are you talking about that monkey that misto...Mike, are you talking about that monkey that mistook sunflowers for bananas? <br /><br />They prayer released him to China dozens of time but somehow he keeps swimming back...TaiwanJunkienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-55347692668074226342015-12-03T00:50:34.511+08:002015-12-03T00:50:34.511+08:00Agreed; it is stupid. Especially the release of mo...Agreed; it is stupid. Especially the release of monkeys; half of them wind up sitting in the legislature.Mike Faganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08745281285031316740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-40754577878650401192015-12-02T22:24:21.133+08:002015-12-02T22:24:21.133+08:00You know what prayer release should really be? You...You know what prayer release should really be? You catch a spider in your home, instead of killing it with your slipper, one takes the time to release the spider outdoors where it belongs. Such acts help build compassion within oneself. That is prayer release done right. You don't tell your friends about it, you don't post on Facebook, because it is just a small act of loving kindness that help you mature as a sentient being.<br /><br />Anything else is just for show, which of course is in direct contradiction to the Buddha's teaching.TaiwanJunkienoreply@blogger.com