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Pig Kneels to Pray in Front of Buddhist Temple in China
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This happened on Feb 24, 2015.
Some said this pig is kneeling and praying. Some said this pig is lacking vitamin E therefore cannot stand up.
Some said the monks and Buddhists did chant the Heart sutra for this pig. When the chanting finished, the pig stood up. Instead of walking away, the pig walked to a tomb of a monk and kneel again.
In the end, the pig still got killed. The pig's owner said he did not know about the pig's praying in front of the temple. If he knows, he would not kill this pig.
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"Pig Kneels to Pray in Front of Buddhist Temple in China"
Yeah and pigs will fly
However, all jokes aside.... who really knows ? Only the pig....
Does a pig have Buddha Nature ?
I can't see why not, it too is a sentient being and a very intelligent one at that....
The pig looks exhausted, stressed out and full of fear....
That pig could of understood who he was in that moment.
Maybe he will be reborn a human, and the one who killed him a pig.
Pigs are nice and should not be eaten.
I was invited a few days ago out to a restaurant with some Buddhists I did not know well.
They chose a Chinese restaurant because they knew I was a vegetarian and it had some vegetarian fare unlike the Thai restaurant which they more commonly frequented.
Some of them then said they were real foodies and ordered more exotic meats like ostrich to the table which surprised me because their formal practice seemed to place so much emphasis on being gentle and loving. After a few moments I realized that the repulsion I felt for the arriving food was misplaced. OK, it has actually been years since I've sat at a table where meat was served but why should I judge the serving of ostrich to be any worse than the serving of cow.
I guess the joy at which they relished their dishes did seem like a bit of a disconnect following a formal evening of practice but different strokes for different folks.
I mention this because this thread of the kneeling pig who was later butchered for food
brought up the same taste of sadness..... Immediately followed by me wondering why I should see this pigs butchery to be any worse than any other example of animal farming..
I guess I am just a sensitive little flower when it comes to the image of animal harvesting.
I also thought that the picture of the folks at that temple showed some of them in Gassho at the sight of the kneeling pig, which is understandable...until I realized they were actually just photographing it.
Had my hopes up there again for a moment..
Pigs are physiologically very close to humans, so when they're not being eaten they are being experimented upon.
I like pigs. Lovely, beautiful, smart animals.
Yesterday I ate some ham at a family birthday gathering, even had a single gin and pomegranate juice. Oh the carnage of existence ...
Ostrich was not on the menu.
Oy veh, never gonna make rabbinical status or Moslem Dervish orthodoxy . . .
I iz hypocrite [lobster kneels sadly before samsaran tendencies]
And now back to the holy crackling hamming it up
OM MAN! PIGGEE HAM
Wouldn't you like to hear the pitter-patter of tiny trotters and adopt some piglets?
No lie, if my wife and I owned our own place, we'd seriously consider this. Because piggies!
I feel really bad for eating meat. I have an eating disorder which makes me a really picky eater. I never had veggies since I was young and always had lots of rice, beans, eggs and meat. Maybe someday this will be overcome and I can start eating/enjoying vegetables and let go of meat.
Interesting post, though!
I doubt this very much - things of this nature can't happen without it being spread via social media within nanoseconds of the event. That nobody told him, or he didn't know, is improbable, to say the least.
Of course he would be exhausted, stressed out and full of fear, cause he just realised he is a pig this life!!!! Time to repent guys!!!!!
Not to mention the pig probably went with peace, cause he realised some of his Karmic debt has been paid. Perhaps he was a butcher in this previous life?
Perhaps.
Do you feel there is any hope for the pork?
Is there any hope for the lobster?
I thought we had a thread on 'hope....? Has the Pig found re-birth there....?