tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post67629806645976850..comments2024-03-28T14:11:24.265-07:00Comments on dhamma musings: Unthinking Tradition Distorts Dhamma. Again!Shravasti Dhammikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06246408068143301108noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-14309959315576303782013-09-29T10:40:15.371-07:002013-09-29T10:40:15.371-07:00Dear Skylet, there is a saying, “The road to hell ...Dear Skylet, there is a saying, “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.” This is going a bit far but its general sense is clear. It is not enough to have good intentions, those intentions have to be informed by thoughtfulness and wisdom. Shravasti Dhammikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06246408068143301108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-53025913145895907652013-08-30T05:36:44.112-07:002013-08-30T05:36:44.112-07:00Dear Ven Dhammika,
So for those people whom are i...Dear Ven Dhammika,<br /><br />So for those people whom are ignorant on what the consequence for the animal but with pure sincere kind intention of setting the animals free. How will that justify? Thanks.<br /><br /> skylethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00026312327788693096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-5926945967627092742013-08-29T21:03:44.300-07:002013-08-29T21:03:44.300-07:00The monk should have told her to get some mustard ...The monk should have told her to get some mustard seed from a home that never experienced an illness ;)David (TheDhamma.com)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07714427477703354493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-87407733301785290952013-08-27T23:49:26.679-07:002013-08-27T23:49:26.679-07:00Ven Bhante,
I am a marine biologist myself. I...Ven Bhante,<br /> I am a marine biologist myself. I've voice out in the vihara I used to visit about this practice. But the "committee" insist the practice and said I am too young/junior to comment about this practice.<br /><br />Lastly I approach the monks there. Then only they agree to dug a pond. Instead of releasing it into the wild, just keep in the pond and keep them, feed them, nurture them until they die of old age, then give them a proper burial.<br /><br />A lot of fish especially cat fish are strong predator. If a number of them release into the stream, ALL other fishes will end up being their food. After no food, they will feed on themselves. So to me, release a lot of catfish into the river is a cruel act.Gary Chewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12553732953304525698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-28982067778097552202013-08-27T10:04:16.339-07:002013-08-27T10:04:16.339-07:00Dear Ven.Dhammika,
Welcome Back!:)Dear Ven.Dhammika,<br /><br /><br />Welcome Back!:)Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07271910141016847494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-55202353335092801182013-08-25T14:56:46.783-07:002013-08-25T14:56:46.783-07:00I read about this as an issue in Asia, and really ...I read about this as an issue in Asia, and really hope people and their spiritual leaders become more thoughtful about this. At a previous temple where I was in America, we often had to stop Chinese families from dumping pet store goldfish into the temple streams or ponds as they would become large carp that would serious disrupt the native environments. We did this practice, but were very careful to buy "sold for bait" earthworms that we would bury where they could live and be useful, or native crickets, minnows, etc. One center in Nova Scotia every year buys a boatful of live lobster and pays the boatmen to return them to the ocean where they won't be re-fished. Doing that with supermarket lobsters is no good as thee temperature and saline difference will almost certainly kill them. Thank you for your encouragement of your readers to be more thoughtful about this.konchoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14186126153803639937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-33681073338972881622013-08-25T08:08:45.406-07:002013-08-25T08:08:45.406-07:00Welcome back! Thank you for this posting. It confi...Welcome back! Thank you for this posting. It confirms a doubt I have had about this practice.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16140250502778326180noreply@blogger.com