Life release is a traditional Buddhist practise of saving the
lives of beings that were destined for slaughter. These animals will be killed and eaten if not saved.
Any living creature that is about to be cooked or killed is suitable for this
practice. It even include those small animals or living baits that are sold for
consumption by other animals.
The practice of life release brings great merit and incredible benefits. Some
of main benefits include extending your life and the lives of others, healing
and in some cases curing serious diseases, removing obstacles that are holding
you back in life and so on. The main benefit is that you will create the causes
to attain enlightenment in the very near future.
Precautions when saving and releasing animals:
1. Do not go to the same stall when buying animals, this will encourage the
stall owner to bring in more stocks
2. Do not reserve or advance bookings of the quantity of animals you required
although you may be charged cheaper
3. Do not always release the animals to the same place. Try releasing to
different locations. This will prevent other people from catching and hurt the
animals after you have released them
4. Release the animals to a suitable environment. Such as sea water creatures
back to salt sea water instead of releasing into fresh water ponds etc
Chant "Namo Amitaba" several times when releasing the animals as a
simple ceremony.
Source : enlightenhuman.com
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