THE JOY OF LIBERATING ANIMALS (with Dharma Talk by Tsem Tulku Rinpoche) - 放生的喜悦！

I have always been a advocate of saving the lives of animals. I have been doing this for many years. The joy and satisfaction derived from seeing animals free, happy and unharmed is beyond words for me.

I have been promoting this practice to many students. I have personally gone to different parks and lakes in this area to inspect if it was ok for us to release fish.

Liaison Sengpiow was very good as he found a place with a huge lake. Liaison Suming loves animals also and she takes charge to take groups of caring people to liberate fish once a month. We take elderly people with us. We take very young kids to influence them in the right direction of loving animals. To learn to give and share. Very important to instill this while they are young.

I have included a video of myself going with a group to release fish that were to be slaughtered that day, then feed the fish and end the end I gave a small talk regarding the benefits. I went to start the tradition in Kechara House and now it has taken off as a monthly event here. I am very happy with everyone who is involved. I thank them sincerely.

Tsem Rinpoche

http://blog.tsemtulku.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/2010/03/animal-liberation.html

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• park
• lake

[mysongbox]

FYI,this pond is now overpopulated with fishes & tortoises with people releasing them into this pond making the water now v. dirty & many of the fishes bought fr market may not survive.One worker said someone released a big koi fish & 3hrs later, the fish died (floated) due to new environment or dirty water. Due to overcrowding, the tortoises & fishes seem more violent & stress than previously when it was not so overpopulated. Pls. STOP releasing them in this pond! Choose other natural venues.

[precioustange]

What a lovely thing to do. Helping animals instead of harming them

[catherinechea]

i like what u guys did, keep it up and good luck~

[wanwaimeng]

@pemala777 Medicine Buddha mantra is extremely beneficial to be blown on animals. If one blows on the animal even the bones, and even if the animal or human have died hundreds of years ago it benefits the animal or human. I recall this from a talk Rinpoche gave before. The Medicine Buddha mantra has the ability to purify lots of negative karma.

[pemala777]

Om ma ne pa me hu

[Ganeschar]

H.H. is having Breakfast and lunch.

People who are so critical should stop wearing shoes, belts and jackets made of leather or fur !

[Ganeschar]

All these wonderful people liberating fishes are accumulating a lot of merits too -^-

[Ganeschar]

Liberating Fish is in Tibetan Buddhist Tradition, Fish is one of the 8 Auspicious Signs.

1. Tibetans are nomads the life is harsh not much vegetables grow up there 4'ooo m

2. Buddha did not forbid to eat meat.

If Tibet has the same climate as Malaysia we would certainly eat only vegetables.

thank you !

[mmmmmarcus]

I'm not trying to be a dick, its just that in my area, people buy non-native fish like oscars, gar, and snakehead and release them into our ponds intentionally.. If those fish are native to the area, its not such a big deal, but please keep that in mind next time. Again, im just worried, i dont know enough to really condemn it. I love fish too. They are beautiful, and i hate commercial fisheries that take huge amounts of them. I only believe in taking what you need and ONLY that.

[mmmmmarcus]

Did you guys even check if that fish was native to that body of water? Walking catfish are NOT something to release like that!!