Hello people
where can i release animals/fishes/prawns/frogs/birds in singapore? anybody has the habit of 放生? please advise. thank you!
阿弥陀佛
zoo. fish farm. prawn farm. frog farm. bird park.
Originally posted by yiha093:zoo. fish farm. prawn farm. frog farm. bird park.
Don't return animals to fish/prawn/frog farm. Because you are returning them to die.
Originally posted by An Eternal Now:Don't return animals to fish/prawn/frog farm. Because you are returning them to die.
reserviors and mangroves lor?
Originally posted by yiha093:reserviors and mangroves lor?
Not so easy either. Must check whether the animal can live in the habitat.
As our moderator Longchen once said 3 years ago:
"May i ask what type of fish are going to be released? I am quite
well-versed with aquatic knowledge. Not all seawater fish when
release into the sea will survive. For example, Coral reef fishes
must release into coral reef.
I have seen ignorant people releasing freshwater turtle into the
sea. These people think that they are doing a good deed... but they
are only killing the poor animal... painfully. People must do some
research beforehand.
If we release domesticated animal into the sea, we are only helping
to kill them because many of them don't know how to hunt.
I am not saying that the activity is wrong...and i do not meant to
be a kaypoh.. but I just am concerned as lifes is involved.
regards"
Protecting lives is also important.
eat less meat is also a way of 放生, saving life.
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Another way is to join dharma centres that conduct animal liberation monthly
http://www.fpmtabc.org/buddhist-practice-1-5.php
Extracted from page 7 of this link.
http://www.fpmtabc.org/download/newsletter/2009_V5_SEP_OCT.pdf
Even animals who hear Medicine Buddha’s name will never get reborn in the lower realms. To save them from reincarnating in the lower realms forever is unbelievably compassionate. For each heavy negative karma you commit, you have to experience suffering in the lower realms for many eons. However, by simply hearing the name-mantra of Medicine Buddha, a being is saved forever from being reborn in the lower realms. That is unbelievable! It is simple to chant the name-mantra in the ear of an animal, but it has incredible power because of Medicine Buddha’s bodhicitta.