Master Zheng Yan said that release: it's a great blessing to abstain from killing and release

证严法师说放生：戒杀放生福报巨大

amitabha. Abstaining from killing and letting go of life not only saves the common people and accumulates good fortune, but also promotes Buddhahood and Taoism.

----Zhuge Changqing

amitabha.

People's blessings are earned by doing good deeds and accumulating virtue.

Abstaining from killing and releasing is a good way to accumulate blessings.

Zhuge Changqing studied the traditional culture and found that many sages, rich and noble families and ancestors have done good deeds and accumulated virtue, abstained from killing and set free.

Dharma Master Zheng Yan said that if you don't kill with mercy, you will let the Buddha live in the world.

Master Shizhengyan, whose common name is Wang Jinyun, whose legal name is "zhengyan", whose name is "Huizhang", is a native of Qingshui Town, Taichung County, Taiwan, and the founder of Tzu Chi Foundation. He founded the Merit Society in Hualien, following the teacher's order "for Buddhism and all living beings".

Before becoming a monk, the members of the Tzu Chi Merit Association called him Master Zheng Yan, and because he was stationed in Hualien, he was called Master Hualien in the early days, and also called Mother Teresa of Taiwan. A native of Qingshui District, Taichung City, Taiwan, and founder of Tzu Chi Foundation, he converted to Elder Yinshun as his teacher and adhered to the teacher's mandate "for Buddhism and all living beings".

In 1966, the Tzu Chi Merit Association was founded in Hualien County, which is the predecessor of the Tzu Chi Foundation.

Master Zheng Yan advocated "love and respect all life". Harmony between man and nature, abstinence from killing and release are the foundation of human happiness and well-being.

I want to know the world's sabre robbery, but I hear the midnight sound of the butcher's door.

Dharma Master Zheng Yan said to the compassionate people who do not kill, abstain from killing and release:

We know that in addition to "filial piety to parents" and "serving teachers", the first step in cultivating "net cause" is to learn the Buddha's compassion - "mercy does not kill".

Because all foolishness and spirituality have Buddha nature, and all sentient beings are afraid of death. So are they and all living beings. So we should have compassion when we develop Bodhicitta; Compassion is kindness, love and compassion. With benevolence and love, we will not harm the lives of all living beings, and know how to love and protect all living beings with compassion, while cultivating our compassion. Buddhism especially stresses compassion, which means great love. It includes everything. The so-called "heart is too empty to measure the sand boundary around" means that our love and heart should include all things in the world and all living things; Whether it is human or animal life, we should love and respect it.

In the world, sabre robbery originates from appetite

The disciple of the Buddha once asked the Buddha, "Why is there war in the world? When can the sabre stop? When will the world be peaceful?"

The Buddha replied, "If you want to know when the world is at peace, go and listen to the sound of the slaughterhouse at midnight first! Only when the slaughterhouse no longer utters the loud wailing sound, can the sabre robbery be ended!"

Because pigs were slaughtered in the middle of the night before, I wonder if you have heard the scream when pigs were slaughtered? Maybe I can't hear it now! At present, electric pigs are used to drive pigs into the slaughterhouse. Until the operation is completed, even the intestines and other internal organs are cleaned up without manpower.

However, it is found from medicine and science that many diseases are transmitted from meat bacteria. Newspapers and television news have also reported that Taiwan imported cattle from abroad due to insufficient supply of cattle. However, during quarantine inspection, it was found that all of them were infected cattle. They could not be killed for food, nor could they continue to be raised to avoid infection. They only wanted to find ways to eliminate the infected cattle and burn them, not only the meat could not be eaten. Even bacteria should be burned out.

This is the case when the imported cattle were quarantined. Are there any germs in pigs, cows, chickens and ducks raised in Taiwan? The answer is the same. Therefore, for our health, it is best not to eat. This is also a kind of compassion. Mencius said, "I can't bear to see it die when I see it live." When it bounces around, I can't bear to see it killed or dead; "I can't bear to eat its meat when I hear its voice." When Mencius passed the slaughterhouse, he heard a cry when the pig was killed. He was absolutely afraid to eat pork that day! This is Mencius' benevolence, his compassion.

Killing animals is a very cruel thing. Whether cattle, sheep, chicken, ducks or fish, shrimp, or crabs are caught and bound, they know that they will suffer from knife cutting and fire cooking when they are about to be slaughtered. The fear in their hearts is really unspeakable! When the sharp blade cuts the body, it is even more painful!

Zhuge Changqing: Amitabha. If you continue to release your life, you will be healthy, rich and auspicious, enlightened and wise, achieve everything you want, and everything will go well.

In order to satisfy the appetite of human beings, human beings use cruel and inhumane means to kill all living beings and make them bleed; But they are as spiritual as human beings. When they are killed, they must bear grudges. If there is resentment, there must be retribution. The cycle of cause and effect turns into a sabre robbery, causing human beings to kill each other.

So, how can the war and disaster in the world subside?

As Buddhists, we should have a compassionate mind. What's more, all living beings are often reincarnated in the six paths. Maybe the pigs, chickens, ducks... on the table are our parents' dependents in our past lives. How can we tolerate eating their meat for the sake of appetite?

Therefore, to be intolerant of eating all kinds of raw meat is to hold the five precepts, which is to show love. The five precepts are the five precepts that Buddha disciples must observe. If beginners think it is difficult to keep them, the "kill" and "drink" precepts must be followed first. "The ten virtues are easy to commit, and they should not be killed." The "ten virtues" are also the ten virtues that Buddhists should follow. If they think it is difficult to do it, it is better to hold them first, so as to cultivate our compassion. A person with compassion will naturally have good thoughts.

In short, to keep the precept of not killing is to invite the Buddha to live in the world and keep the Dharma changing; If we can establish ten good karma based on "no killing" and cultivate compassion and good thoughts, the positive Dharma will last for a long time.

In the early years of the Republic of China, there was an old monk named Miaolian at the Ziyun Temple in Nanshan, Zhangzhou, Fujian Province. He was still in good health at the age of more than 80 years old. He often taught the local residents the principles of compassion, abstinence from killing and retribution in simple terms: men and women, old and young, can be sincerely convinced by his instructions.

Zhuge Changqing: Amitabha. The old monk Miaolian has become an example for people to set free. To continue to release life is to save lives, to spread the Dharma, to save all living beings, to accumulate blessings, and to promote Buddhahood.

The Ziyun Temple will hold a three-day Dharma meeting on the first and fifteenth day of the first lunar month, which is opened by the old monk Miaolian; On these days every month, there are always a lot of people in the temple. Everyone wants to listen to the old monk.

The old monk Miaolian has to climb the mountain and cross the mountain alone in the early morning every day. He has to go around Ziyun Rock for a week. The wind and rain continue, and the frost and fog continue. One day, in the grass hundreds of steps away from Ziyun Rock, he found a sick snake about two feet long. It was wounded at the head and tail, stained with blood and smelly, and was dying.

The old monk Miaolian was merciful and decided to heal the snake. He found several kinds of medicine carts, mashed them and applied them on the head and tail of the snake. After handling them properly, he returned to the temple. The next day, when the old monk visited the snake again, it was gone.

Half a month later, there was a Dharma meeting in the temple. While the old monk was speaking, suddenly a snake climbed into the temple. Although the believers were afraid, no one hurt it. The old monk recognized that it was the snake he saved half a month ago and said, "Don't be afraid, let it in!"

The snake's wound was completely healed. It crept up to the old monk, then folded up obediently, looked up, and looked at the old monk with gratitude.

The snake seemed to understand the instructions of the old monk Miaolian; After the Dharma meeting, it crawled out. In the future, every time the temple holds a Dharma meeting, it will come to listen to the old monk's instructions on time. As long as it hears the truth of "abstain from killing", it will have a look of solemn understanding.

After more than a year, the snake has grown to about three feet long, and the monks and believers in the temple call it "Purple Cloud Rock Snake".

Zhuge Changqing: Amitabha. Everything in the world has spirituality. If you save them, they will be grateful to you for life The old monk Miaolian is praised for his mercy in helping the common people and promoting Buddhism.

One year, an infectious disease suddenly spread in the local area. Many people died of thirst, high fever and ineffective medicine stone. We were helpless, sad and panicked, and watched many people die.

Old monk Miaolian often takes his disciples to visit patients, but there is no way to cure them. One day, the old monk found that the snake had bitten many herbs and piled them on the side of Ziyun Rock; When the snake saw the old monk coming, it looked up at him as if to say something. The old monk carefully examined the herbs and found that they all had the function of detoxification and annealing: he had an idea and gave them all to the patient. The patient was cured immediately after suffering.

Later, the old monk collected the same herbs, mashed and dried them and made them into tablets, which became the popular famous medicine in Zhangzhou - "Pianzi Huang", commonly known as "monk medicine". I don't know how many people were saved!

Zhuge Changqing: Amitabha. This saved snake helped the old monk Miaolian save the common people, proving the law of cause and effect of good and evil retribution.

The old monk Miaolian loved all sentient beings, not only caring for human beings, but also insects, fish, birds and animals. Had it not been for his kindness to save the snake and touched its heart, how could there have been a later "Pianzi Huang" to save so many lives?

All living beings have Buddha nature and great love. The snake is the best example. I hope that in addition to loving human beings, we also love all living creatures. We should respect even the tiny life like insects and ants.

Merciful and caring for the students will bring good luck, and it is inevitable to harm the living creatures. Please pay more attention at all times!

阿弥陀佛。戒杀放生，不仅救助苍生、积累福报，而且促进成佛成道。

---- 诸葛长青

   阿弥陀佛。

   人的福报是行善积德换来的。

   戒杀放生，是积聚福报的好方法。

   诸葛长青研究传统文化发现，古往今来，很多圣贤、富贵人家，祖辈都是行善积德、戒杀放生的。

   证严法师开示说，慈心不杀，就会让佛住世。

   释证严法师，俗名王锦云，法名「证严」，字「慧璋」，台湾台中县清水镇人，慈济基金会创办人，依止印顺长老为师，秉持师命「为佛教，为众生」，於花莲创立功德会。
   出家前自号静思，慈济功德会的会众多尊称其为证严上人，又因驻锡在花莲，早期被称为花莲师父，又被称为台湾的德蕾莎修女。台湾台中市清水区人，慈济基金会创办人，皈依印顺长老为师，秉持师命“为佛教，为众生”。
1966年于花莲县创立慈济功德会，此即慈济基金会之前身。　　

   证严法师主张“爱护、尊重一切生命”。人与自然和谐相处、戒杀放生是人类幸福安康的基础。

　　欲知世上刀兵劫，但听屠门夜半声。

　　证严法师对慈心不杀、戒杀放生开示说：

   我们知道修“净因”的第一要，除了“孝养父母”、“奉事师长”外，学佛者还必须学习佛陀的慈悲心——“慈心不杀”。

   因为一切蠢动含灵皆有佛性，凡是有情生命皆怕死，自己如此，众生也是一样。所以我们发菩提心，就是要有恻隐心；恻隐心就是仁心、爱心、怜悯心。有了仁心、爱心就不会去伤害众生生命，并懂得以怜悯心去爱护众生，同时长养我们的慈悲心。佛教尤其讲慈悲，慈悲也就是大爱，它包含一切。所谓“心包太虚、量周沙界”，意思就是我们的爱及心量应该包含天地万物、一切生灵；不管是人类或动物的生命，我们都要爱护和尊重。

　　世上刀兵劫源自口腹欲

　　佛陀的弟子曾问佛陀：“为什么天下会有战争呢？什么时候才能刀兵息止？天下何时得太平呢？”

   佛陀回答：“你们若想知道什么时候天下太平，先去听听屠门夜半之声吧！只有屠门不再传出凌厉的哀嚎声时，刀兵之劫才能平息！”

　　因为以前杀猪都在半夜，不知大家是否听过猪被宰杀时的尖叫声？可能现在听不到这种声音了！现在都采用电动杀猪，将猪赶进屠宰场，一直到作业完毕，连肚肠等内脏都清除干净，根本不需人力。

　　然而从医学、科学上发现，很多疾病都是从肉类细菌所传染。报纸和电视新闻中也曾报导过，台湾曾因牛只供应不足，从国外进口牛只，但在检疫时，却发现都是带菌病牛，既不能杀来食用，也不能继续饲养以免传染，只好想办法将病牛消灭的烧毁，不但肉不能吃。连细菌都要烧灭。

　　这是检疫外国进口牛只时，发现带有病菌的情形。而台湾饲养的猪、牛、鸡、鸭有没有病菌呢？答案是一样的。所以，为了我们的身体健康，最好不要食用。这也是一种恻隐之心，孟子说：“见其生不忍见其死”，牠活蹦乱跳时，根本不忍心看牠被杀、见牠横尸；“闻其声不忍食其肉”，孟子经过屠宰场时，听到猪被杀时发出哀嚎声，那天绝对不敢吃猪肉！这就是孟子的仁，他的恻隐之心。

　　杀生是件非常残酷的事，不论牛，羊、鸡、鸭或是鱼、虾、螃蟹，被人捕捉捆绑即将宰杀时，牠们知道将受刀割火烹之苦，心中的那种恐惧，真是难以言喻啊！而利刃割身之际，更是痛苦至极！

     诸葛长青：阿弥陀佛。持续放生，就会身体健康、富贵吉祥、开悟智慧、心想事成、万事如意。

   人类为满足口腹之欲，以残酷不仁的手段残害众生性命，使众生血流成河；而牠们与人类一样具有灵性，既被杀，必含怨，有怨必有报，因果轮回，冤冤相报即化为刀兵之劫，致使人类自相残杀。

   所以，天下的战乱灾厄如何平息呢？

　　我们是学佛者，应该具有慈悲的心念，更何况众生常轮回于六道中，说不定餐桌上的猪、鸡、鸭……，就是我们过去生中的父母眷属，我们何忍为了口腹之欲而大食其肉呢？

　　所以不忍食众生肉即是持五戒，也就是爱心的发挥。五戒是佛弟子必须遵守的五种戒法，如果初学者认为很难持守，其中的“杀”与“酒”戒要先受持。“十重易犯，且持不杀一门。”“十善”也是学佛者要遵行的十重善法，若认为很难做到，最好先持不杀，以培养我们的慈悲心，一个人有慈悲心自然就会有善念。

　　总之，持守不杀戒即是请佛住世、佛法常转；若能以“不杀”为基础建立十善业，培养慈悲善念，正法即能久住。

   民国初年，福建省漳州南山紫云寺有位妙莲老和尚，八十多岁了身体仍然很健康，常常以深入浅出的佛法教育当地居民慈悲、戒杀及因果报应的道理：不管男女老少，听到他的开示都能衷心信服。

   诸葛长青：阿弥陀佛。妙莲老和尚，以身示范，成为人们放生的榜样。持续放生，就是救命、就是弘法、就是普度众生、即是积累福报、即是促进成佛。

   紫云寺每逢初一、十五都会举行三天法会，由妙莲老和尚开示；每月到了这几天，寺内总是人山人海，大家都想来听老和尚开示。 
   妙莲老和尚每日凌晨必须独自攀山越岭，绕紫云岩一周，风雨不辍，霜雾不停。有一天，他在距离紫云岩数百步的草丛中，发现一条长二尺许的病蛇，首尾都负伤，血渍污臭，已奄奄一息。 
   妙莲老和尚慈悲为怀，决定为蛇疗伤。他找来几种药车，捣烂后敷在蛇的头部及尾巴上，处理妥当后，才回到寺里。隔天，老和尚再去探视那条蛇时，它已经不见了。
    半个月后寺里举行法会，老和尚正在说法时，忽然有一条蛇爬进寺里，信众虽然害怕，但没有人伤害它。老和尚认出它就是半个月前自己救的那条蛇，就说「大家不用怕，让它进来吧！」
    这条蛇的伤已经完全好了，它一直爬到老和尚面前，然后乖乖的盘起身子，抬起头来，满怀感恩地注视着老和尚。

   妙莲老和尚的开示，这条蛇似乎也听得懂；法会结束后，它就爬出去了。往后，每逢寺里举行法会，它都按时来听老和尚开示，只要听到「戒杀」的道理，就会有肃然领悟的神情。

   如此经过年余，这条蛇已长及三尺许，寺内僧众、信众都称它为「紫云岩灵蛇」。 
   诸葛长青：阿弥陀佛。天地万物皆有灵性，你救了他们，他们会对你感恩一生......妙莲老和尚，慈悲救助苍生、弘扬佛法令人赞扬。
   某年，当地突然流行一种传染病，很多人因干渴高烧、药石罔效而死。大家束手无策，既伤心又惊慌，眼睁睁地看着许多人丧命。 
   妙莲老和尚常常带着弟子们去探望病人，但是也没有办法治好他们的病。有一天，老和尚发现灵蛇咬了许多药草，堆在紫云岩侧；灵蛇看到老和尚来了，就抬头看着他，好像要说什么话似的。老和尚仔细审视那些药草，发现都具有解毒退火的功能：他灵机一动，把这些药草全部分送给病人，病人煎熬服用后立即药到病除。 
   之后，老和尚再采集相同的药草捣烂风干制成片状，成为漳州盛行的名药——「片子癀」，俗称为「和尚药」，不知救治了多少人！ 

   诸葛长青：阿弥陀佛。这条被救的蛇，帮助妙莲老和尚救助苍生，证明了善恶报应的因果规律。
   妙莲老和尚爱护一切众生，不但关心人类，对虫鱼鸟兽也爱护有加。当初若不是他仁心为怀救助那条蛇，感动了它的心，怎会有后来的「片子癀」来救治那么多人的性命呢？ 
   众生皆具佛性，同样具足大爱，那条灵蛇就是最好的例子。希望大家除了爱人类之外，也爱护一切生灵，即使如虫蚁一般微小的生命，我们也要尊重。 
   慈悲护生招得福缘，残害生灵苦果难免，请大家要时时刻刻多用心啊！

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Introduction to Zhuge Changqing: Zhuge Changqing, the inheritor and promoter of traditional Chinese culture, is willing to "learn from sages, promote virtue, revitalize China and benefit the world" together with people with the same ideals in the world.

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Zhuge Changqing's Chinese Dream

Learn from sages and carry forward virtue

Revitalizing China for the benefit of the world

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诸葛长青简介：诸葛长青，中国国学传统文化传承弘扬者，愿与天下志同道合者一起“学习圣贤、弘扬善德、振兴中华、造福世界”。

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