Benefits of releasing animals
Namo Amitabha
The basic meaning of release is to regenerate, to release those creatures that have lost their freedom or will be slaughtered into nature, and to prevent them from being restrained or killed by humans. This is It is the most basic behavioral meaning of releasing animals.
What are the benefits of such behavior?
If everyone treats the people and things around them with compassion, then many disputes will be avoided, and there will be fewer intrigues among people. At the same time, when we pity those animals that are about to be slaughtered, this compassionate mentality also contains great tolerance and understanding. We can tolerate anything, and we can show mercy to any evil person, just like the sea never abandons fish. The shrimp is so big. If you often exercise your mind in this way, influence each other, and tolerate each other, people will become more harmonious.
Besides, when we eat other animals, they also have emotions and thinking. This is the same as humans having emotions and thinking. There is no difference in principle. It's just that we don't understand their language. Look at the animals being slaughtered, they also howl, just like a person who is about to be hacked to death, he also howls. If lions and tigers wanted to eat humans, would we be willing? No one wants to be killed and eaten. We don’t want to be eaten by lions and tigers, and all animals don’t want to be eaten by humans. Therefore, based on the Buddhist theory of karma, killing and eating meat must be repaid. , to get evil retribution. On the contrary, if you don't kill animals and release more animals, you will get good rewards. Livestock, fish, and insects are all living things. If we treat their lives as equal to our lives, a humble, tolerant, and equal heart of kindness and justice will be revealed. We cannot even bear to hurt these animals, let alone hurt the people around us. Woolen cloth? Everyone is equal. If we have the above-mentioned compassion, tolerance, and equality, we will be courteous in everything. . . Then everyone is a living Lei Feng, and everyone is a good role model. . Haha, what a pity! People are strong and hard to change, and they all just want to be self-centered, selfish, and benefit themselves at the expense of others. If this continues, many social problems and family problems will naturally arise. In the end, it is you who will suffer. . . You want to eat a round piece of cake, and I want to eat it too, so we all grab it, and in the end it becomes a mess. No one feels comfortable eating it, and neither of them tastes good. If I want to let you eat first, and you also want to let me eat first, we will be compassionate and willing to give up, have mercy on each other, and neither fight nor grab. In the end, we will be able to share equally and divide it up reasonably. Isn’t this great? With such a heart, who can Will he still break his face? This is true when it comes to things as small as a piece of pie, and it's also true when it comes to things as large as energy, land and property. . . This is a small part of the benefits of releasing animals, so it is necessary to encourage more releases of animals, so that people can influence each other through this kind of behavior.
What should you pay attention to when releasing animals? Be willing. Reluctance is not the way. This behavior can cultivate people's hearts. If it is forced by others, it does not count as one's own awareness or motivation. To release one's life, one must be willing. This is really something to pay attention to. When releasing animals, you can follow Buddhist rules and recite Buddhist sutras while releasing them, or recite sutras and mantras such as "Namo Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva" and other sutras and incantations of the Buddha, in order to wish these sentient beings in the animal realm to escape suffering and achieve happiness. Buddhism says that "all things are created by the mind." The general meaning is: good or bad, right or wrong, good or evil retribution, are all created by the human heart. With a single thought, the mind is pure, and lotus flowers bloom everywhere. . Use your sincerity and compassion to do things sincerely, do good deeds, and care for those beings who are treated unfairly, so that you can achieve good results. Don’t underestimate such a thing. If you release it, it will be over. No, the blessings of releasing it will be great. Releasing lives means saving lives. If you release a hundred animals, you may save a hundred lives. If you release a thousand animals, you may save a thousand lives. If we release a few animals every day, we are saving lives every day. This is how you practice the Bodhisattva way. Between heaven and earth, rewards and punishments are always very clear. Those who release lives will gain lives; those who kill lives will lose their lives. This is a very simple and straightforward cause and effect principle. The more animals that are reborn from our hands, the less evil will come from these good deeds. On the contrary, the more sentient beings we kill from our hands, the more disaster we will induce will be fatal. Letting them go is equivalent to letting yourself go. It seems that you are extending their lifespan, but you are actually extending your own. This is the law of nature, the law of cause and effect, which is constant and unchanging.
There are many stories on the Internet about the experience of releasing animals. They are all real people. You can search for the experience of releasing animals. Some were terminally ill and later released, and although they did not recover, they did not relapse and were not tortured. They helped others to kill, but later their families were broken up and their families were killed, and they suffered tragic retribution. . . Since ancient times, sages and sages have advocated life release precisely because of the tangible evidence.
Okay! Having said so much, finally. . I hope you will release more animals and encourage others to release them, which will do no harm to you. As long as you persevere, have perseverance, and have sincerity, you will definitely experience the benefits of life release. You can experience the experience of life release yourself!
Namo Amitabha