These are so-called Chinese soft-shelled turtles. They are really too impatient to wait for being freed during chanting by Rinpoche.
Our "sacred" ceremony was held at a naturally nice place in Sabah-Tanparuli.
This little turtle seemed reluctant to return to sea. Wondering why it turned back several times after being released again?
Uncle is carefully checking whether there is any marine creature left inside the tank.
Wow, I was really astounded with such great number of eels inside the pail while finished tearing off the black plastic bag. I was told that these creatures are normally cooked together with rice and served as UNAGI-DON in Japanese restaurant. OMG #_*
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Hey, hapygreen :) Nice to know that you joined this 放生大法会~ The intention of this campaign is really good, but i heard something bad about this... There have a group of catchers, their job is catch back turtles, sea snakes, birds and sell these victims to us back!! We let the poor animals go then they get caught again and endless let and caught... I hope you get what i mean, hehe^^
Anyway, I'm glad to be your blog's first follower, so keep it up and kambate!! Use it as a virtual diary, I will come back daily to read any interesting event happened around you^_^
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update more photos...i want see!!!vy touching!
Thanks for ur comments^_^
Hmm...Regarding the questions sounded out by FoxCheng, i did address the same worries (as recorded in my first topic). Therefore, i considered ongoing actions of promoting and practicing vegetarianism to be the radical way of saving life. However, the major drawback would be of the time factor. ^^
The turtle so cute~~
嗨,你好.
第一次看你的blog,怎么都全部写英文的?
好吧,我就是第一个写华语的人吧!
关于上次的放生大会,我本身是第一次参加啦,所以我是带着好奇的心情去看看.就之前都有看到报章关于"放生"的活动,所以都很纳闷到底是怎样的...
去了之后才知道原来是这样子的.很多人认为为什么要放生,因为过后又会有人去捉回.就好象大家的说法.
但我却看到那天,有一个小孩子在那边哭到很可怜,我就很好奇,就问了他的姐姐.她告诉我她的弟弟要把一只养了很久的小青乌龟放生.但毕竟养了那么久,多多少少都有一点感情,所以就在那边哭泣.他的父母也很心痛,就问回孩子,不如下次再放生吧!孩子到最后虽然很依依不舍,但还是很坚决的放开它.
我真的很感动啊!那个小孩子那么小竟然会懂得要放开,把小乌龟回归大自然.
关于你说的为什么放了生的动物会爬回岸,我的看法是因为那个地方并不属于那个动物.不是每个动物的生长的地方都是一样的,他们都有自己的habitat.所以倘若放生的地方不适合那个动物,往往会造成反效果,可能因此而造成那只动物死亡.那当初"放生"的念头不就背道而驰了???
好啦,期待你下次的新文章...
Mm... a very touching story. Well, it shows that "life releasing" has a certain "good" effect on human mind. It draws a human to cultivate kind heart and to respect other living beings. It is proven on this little kid. He was able to tranform the "attachment" on the little creature (an emotion that is not much beneficial to us) to a kindness that might cause him to walk towards the bright path and also to save people and the world in his future. As why the creature seemed to run away from the river, this we have to investigate deeper. It is possible that the creature was used to the previous living environment he had in the boy's home. So it takes some time for him to get used to the new environment of the "river". We are not supposed to make early conclusion without further deep investigation that the creature might die in the river. If the creature does not live in sea, that means the river is the place he lives, because there are only 2 types of water on earth. (ocean and water on lands) To be certain whether the creature might live or die, we should study deep in animals to make our final assumption. However, it is wise to take precautious steps to make sure all the animals being released able to stay alive in the new environments. Actually, I am quite moved with the posts in this blog. This place might become a platform to share many good thoughts, good knowledge, and good deeds that might help each other on the path of human life. Cheers for that!
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