How does Buddhism treat pests?

In ancient India, monks did not work and begged for food every day. This is because India is located in the tropics, rich in products, with a hot climate and less body heat loss. Therefore, it is impossible for Indian monks to work, and it is impossible to work in this life. Just begging can make a living like this.

Later, Buddhism was introduced to China. As we all know, the Central Plains is located in the temperate zone, and its products are not as rich as India's. Therefore, Zen advocates the integration of agriculture and Zen, and monks also have to farm and work and do nothing for a day. But as long as it is cultivated, it will cause harm to small animals in farmland. Even if pesticides are not used to kill pests, various insects in the soil may be accidentally injured when plowing and hoeing. So what does Buddhism think of this kind of thing?

In fact, the most important thing to kill is to see if you have the heart to kill. Buddhism believes that there are three kinds of artificial industries: physical industry, language industry and Italian industry. No matter what you do, say or think, there will be certain consequences, that is, karma. You kill cattle and sheep, your body kills things, and you also have the idea of killing things in your heart. This is killing. But when you farm, your body is farming, and you don't want to kill, so you won't kill. Although some small animals will be hurt by you, it is only natural cause and effect, not active killing. Of course, we should try to avoid hurting other animals.

Buddha Sakyamuni saw a thief trying to kill 500 businessmen in his last life. Sakyamuni knew in his last life that these businessmen are all great bodhisattvas, and if thieves kill them, they will definitely fall into endless hell. So Sakyamuni killed the thief first in his last life. This shows that if you don't kill your heart, you can kill your life According to the Buddha's sword, the master said, "Killing lives is to save lives, not killing karma."

This is what I saw in a temple called Dinghui Temple, which is located in Qihe County, Shandong Province, northwest of Jinan City.

In the temple, we often see some stray dogs, which were thrown here by nearby villagers. Mother dog gave birth to a baby and couldn't send it out. Because she couldn't keep it at home, she took it to the temple. They know that the dogs here will not starve to death.

The monks in the temple are merciful, not only feeding dogs, but also killing, treating and treating them.

A dog's head is somehow missing a piece of skin, and insects are attracted where there is no skin. A monk used a small wooden stick to pick out all the bugs on the dog's head and then put medicine on the wound. Of course, those bugs that are picked out will not be eliminated. When asked how to deal with it, they just laughed. They won't kill anything anyway.

There are many fruits and vegetables in the temple, and there will be pests on them. Insecticide is absolutely not allowed here. Pests are really bad, so they are caught by hand, and sometimes outsiders are hired to help catch them.

Buddhism has five precepts: no killing, no stealing, no adultery, no nonsense and no drinking. Not killing is the first of these five commandments.

Don't kill, don't eat meat, this is the minimum rule for monks. On that occasion, I asked a young monk, where did the nutrition of not eating meat come from? He replied: "Eating tofu, beans have high nutritional value. Moreover, people will save nutrition for themselves when they are calm. "

He also said: "for laity, fish, chickens and other creatures, people raise them just to eat, so they can eat;" The dog guarding the house and the cow in the field contribute to mankind and cannot be killed; No one feeds wild animals, and there is no reason to eat them. "

Buddhism advocates not killing, which is a kind of compassion for people in the world and a bottom line that believers stick to.

In the words of the Buddha, they said, "Everyone is afraid of death, and they are afraid of cutting their bodies with a knife. So, don't kill, don't let others kill. "

They tirelessly preach the merits of being a vegetarian without killing, but they don't force others not to kill or eat meat: just follow the fate.

Therefore, Buddhism will not deliberately prevent crops from being exterminated, which, like killing chickens and fish, should be the need of human survival.

This shows that Buddhism is very inclusive. It does not deliberately ask others to do anything, only pays attention to the equality of all beings, and advocates treating all beings as children, being compassionate and being kind to all life.

Don't be hypocritical, tell the truth. Everything is sentient, whether it is animals, creatures, plants, fungi, bacteria, microorganisms, cells, viruses and so on! Who didn't kill? Eating steamed bread kills yeast, cures diseases and kills cells, bacteria, viruses and so on! Is it so hard to tell the truth? Does it make sense for farmers to grow crops without killing pests? Is it true that the pests will disappear after praying to the Buddha? To cultivate Buddha is to cultivate wisdom, but to break fools!

Buddha is a factor magnetic field, which is everywhere. Every species and even every space … matter has a factor magnetic field. Everything evolved from the factor magnetic field. Inheriting the viability through factor magnetic field, and gradually inheriting the survival from generation to generation, we have today's ability and civilization. For example, the same person was raised by apes as a baby, but he could not inherit the ability and civilization of living human beings when he grew up. So the same you, different environments have created different you.

You have the Buddha factor magnetic field, and you can understand the Buddha's support! So don't say that you are a vegetarian, just call it a vegetarian, and everyone is a living being. Everything supports each other and maintains ecological balance, which is a natural law. Don't overdo it, it's against the law of balance!

To kill or not to kill is wisdom

The Buddhist scriptures once said that there was a ship full of businessmen returning home. A man on board saw the money and was determined to kill all the businessmen. One person knew this situation and ended up with the bad guys. This man is a bodhisattva who sacrificed himself to protect everyone.

There is a monk. When his family started making mice, he said that he didn't kill animals. Then slowly the rats ran from house to house in the yard. He didn't kill anything. Everyone kills people.

Do you regularly prevent insects in property management and restaurants? Cockroaches, mice, mosquitoes, flies. You can choose not to kill. But can you ensure the safety of tenants and diners?

We can choose not to harm animals, including insects and ants, in the deep mountains and wild places. However, it is necessary to maintain a healthy living and living environment for human beings. Clarity and cleanliness are allowed. We don't want to kill anyone. Compassion to protect all beings is allowed.

No pests. People define everything according to their survival needs and gains and losses. This is a promising method, and everything in the world is natural. In the eyes of so-called pests, people are still pests, because they will be hurt, so they can't live, can't live, and can't live!

Hurt? Look who's hurt. Locust is a pest to human beings, but its nature is to eat herbs. What's the difference between wheat seedlings, rice and other grasses?

1, the most taboo in learning Buddhism is to learn a top hat full of Buddhist spirit and a fool full of Buddhist scriptures. In the end, my mind was full of imprisonment and bondage, forgetting that the essence of Buddhism is great liberation and freedom.

2. Doing what should be done is the right way. Just like birds can fly, fish can swim and animals can walk. Do animals have to learn to fly unless they practice running? Do birds have to learn to dive instead of fly? Fish learn to run instead of swimming? Do you want to do nothing or give up everything?

Everything in the world, all beings,

Eat meat and grass, naturally nourish,

Go with the flow and go your own way.

The advice is to do what you should do. Soldiers defend their country, workers are ingenious, farmers grow crops well, businessmen operate in good faith, and it is good to serve the officials and the people.

I don't understand Buddhism, just talk about my own views.

When you go to play in the wild and see a caterpillar in the grass, do you have the urge to trample it to death? I don't think so, or I will take a look at the grass, or I will get goose bumps if I am addicted to insects, or I will take a picture to make friends, but it won't kill me.

The vegetables grown at home are full of hatred when they see bugs, and they will immediately take them off and trample them to death, regardless of whether they have anything to do with bugs in the wild.

Why are the same bugs treated differently? Just because of "fate"!

Insects in the wild have a good relationship and have nothing to do with people in nature, so it doesn't matter whether they are pests or not; Insects in vegetables have a bad relationship. They came to the wrong place at the wrong time and did the wrong thing, endangering the survival of farmers. They are pests. It's all in cause and effect, good is rewarded with good, and evil with evil. Not only people, but also everything in the world.

Since it is bad luck, it has been doomed to its fate, either being sprayed with pesticides, being trampled to death, or accidentally escaping because of the negligence and laziness of farmers.

Kill pests or not? Kill! If we don't kill the pests in the field, they will spread wantonly in the environment of a single crop, and in the end, families without harvest will find it difficult to survive. After all, it is farming, not raising bugs!

Everyone is killing people every day. I don't know how many lives I lost when I stepped down, so I won't leave. However, as long as it is not intentional or greedy, take it for survival. "Weak water is 3,000, only one scoop of water" is in the natural cycle, reasonable and calm. How can you feel guilty?

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Have a nice day!

Pest is a label that people impose on insects, which is relative to insects that are beneficial to people. For insects, it is not because of gluttony, but just to fill their stomachs. There is no bad motive, so it really won't kill them.

Everyone is surrounded by good things and bad things, so what do you do? Are we going to get rid of the bad guys, too? In essence, insects and people are the same life. Insects only eat some crops, but people who are not good to you will do unpredictable harm to you.

The world doesn't believe in cause and effect, and cause and effect never let anyone go! Everything has a cause and effect, so Goode taught everyone to repay evil with good, not with bad. When will the grievance be repaid?

Therefore, no matter what kind of bug it is, as long as you treat each other sincerely, not antagonistic, there will always be a day to resolve it.

Buddha said: Going out doesn't hurt ants' lives, but cherish moth gauze lamps.

It's harmless to go out, try to avoid it, so as not to kill innocently and create a killing industry.

But if the nymph enters the room, it will affect people's normal life. Usually read it for three days, once every morning, and then give it back to the bug to persuade it to leave. Treatment measures can be taken after three days, but the bugs can still be removed as much as possible. Unless repeated advice is ineffective and really affects life, you can do it hard.