HH the 17th Karmapa speech on protecting life

HH the 17th Karmapa speech on protecting life

Translated by Sophie626

Whether it is life protection or life liberation, there are many ways to do it.
It doesn't mean that this is the only way and there are no other means to do it.
There will be fewer obstacles if we could use more means to protect or liberate lives.

When comes to life liberation, different people share different views and there are both positive and negative views about it. Some believe that it can benefit a lot of sentient beings while others think that it will cause more harm to them. What does that mean? For example, an animal will be spared today if you liberate it when it is just about to be slaughtered.

However, though you have saved the life of this animal, you may also cause harm to the next animal indirectly as it will be slaughtered earlier than usual to replace the one that you have liberated. Hence, some people will contemplate it this way and they will feel that there are no perfect ways to benefit all sentient beings completely as you may still harm some while saving others.

No matter what, Karmapa feel that the best way to protect and liberate lives is to adopt a vegetarian diet because sentient being will be slaughtered as long as there are people who eat meats. Hence, in present situation, be it life protection or life liberation, Karmapa think that the best way will be to adopt a vegetarian diet.

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[FENGYTANG]

Is he vegeratarin .Causing i remmber in his biography

he eats meat

[karmayt]

Yes, HH is vegetarian!

[karmayt]

Thank you so much!~^^

[vspca]

Not only is this Karmapa vegetarianism he is asking all his followers to try to be vegetarian, this is wonderful news for all practitioners, the animals and the planet!

[krglongbourn]

I believe he is correct. Solution to make life better for all and safely so all benefit in the world. We were meant tobe different.

[karmaguru]

VERY Happy Birthday to you H.H.Gyalwang Karmapa.

may you live life very long with blissful to all the leaving beings.

Karmapa khen no..........

[mateocardona1964]

A phony Karmapa speaking Empire, lol.

Karmapa chenno!

[dacia1000]

if you click 'more info' in the video description, there is an english translation there.

[apho1774]

ཀརྨ་པ་མཁྱེན་ནོ།

[alchemistra]

I sense power, authority, and humility in this man's words...Long Life HH Karmapa

[planetlotty]

How can you tell he is very wise ?

I can´t understand him and there is no translation !

Is there a video of him with english ?

I whould like to undersand what he says. :-)

[MerkavahmkIV]

Would anyone mind distilling the essence of his speech in English for me, please?

[tashidb]

Karmapa Khyenno