What are the benefits of abstaining from killing and releasing?

 戒杀放生有什么好处？

 According to biologists, all living things are subject to change in response to external conditions. If everyone abstains from killing and releasing living things, then life will continue and goodwill will be felt.

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The Ten Great Virtues of Releasing Life Master Yin Guang      

　　(1) No swords and armies. The great calamities of the world are caused by the desire to kill. It is hoped that the great politicians, educators and agriculturalists will pay attention to this and promote it, for it will have a great effect.

　　(2) Gather all the auspiciousness. If we are compassionate, we will be blessed with good fortune.

　　(3) Longevity and health. The Buddhist scriptures say that those who abstain from killing and releasing animals will be blessed in two ways. One is a long life. The second is a long life without illness.

　　(4) Many sons, many males. The person who lets go of life is good at understanding the goodness of heaven and earth, so he is blessed with a male child.

　　(5) The Buddhas are pleased. To save the life of a creature is to save a son of the Buddha.

　　(6) The creatures are grateful. When the creature saved is brought to life at the moment of death, they are all overjoyed and thankful for their virtue, which is the cause of eternal reward.

　　(vii) No calamities. A compassionate person's good fortune grows day by day, and all calamities are invisibly eliminated.

　　(H) To be born in heaven. Those who abstain from killing and releasing animals will be born in the next life in the Heaven of the Four Kings and enjoy boundless blessings. If one also practices the Pure Land, he will be born in the Western Land of Bliss, and his merits will be boundless.

　　(9) Now is a very dangerous time in life. The demons of smoking and drinking and of love are haunting all people. If all sentient beings repay their kindness, all evils will be eliminated and the seasons will be peaceful.

　　(10) The advancement of animals from a lower to a higher state corresponds to the advancement of mankind from savagery to civilization.

     据生物学家之言曰：凡生物皆应于外界之状态而生变化。如人人戒杀放生，则生生不息，善心相感，正似子孙代代相传，永远福寿。

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放生十大功德     印光大师      
　　（一）无刀兵劫。世上刀兵大劫，皆由人心好杀所致。人人戒杀放生，则人人全其慈悲爱物之心，而刀兵劫运，亦自消灭于无形，此转移世运之绝大运动也，深望大政治家，大教育家，大农工家，注意于此，力为提倡，必有绝大效果。
　　（二）集诸吉祥。吾人一发慈悲之心，则喜气集于其身，此感应必然之理。
　　（三）长寿健康。佛经云：戒杀放生之人，得二种福报。一者长寿。二者多福多寿无病。
　　（四）多子宜男。放生者善体天地好生之心，故获宜男之庆。
　　（五）诸佛欢喜。一切生物，佛皆视之如子，救一物命，即是救佛一子，诸佛皆大欢喜。
　　（六）物类感恩。所救生物临死得活，皆大欢喜，感恩思德，永为万劫图报之缘。
　　（七）无诸灾难。慈悲之人，福德日增，一切患难，皆无形消灭。
　　（八）得生天上。戒杀放生者，来世得生于四王天，享无边之福。若兼修净土者，直可往生于西方极乐国土，其功德实无涯矣。
　　（九）现在为人生极危险时代。盖烟酒之癖，恋爱之魔，缠绕众人。如众生报恩，则诸恶消灭，四季安宁。
　　（十）动物由下级进于高阶之状态，与人类由野蛮进于文明之阶级相符合。

What are the acts of abstaining from killing and releasing

 戒杀与放生的行为包括哪些

 1. Do not kill a living being with your own hands.

　　2. Do not abet others to kill.

　　3. Do not help others to kill.

　　4. Abstain from eating meat.

　　5. Do not engage in trades related to killing.

　　6、Whenever there is worship, regardless of what is being worshipped, use vegetarian dishes, flowers and fruit, not animal gifts.

　　7. If you see someone killing a human being, you should discourage them or buy the animal to be slaughtered with money and release it. If this does not work, or if the person does not sell the animal, then you should have compassion for the slaughtered animal, and even better if you can recite the Buddha's name or mantra for it.

　　8. Do not abuse the animal.

　　9、Other actions that are contrary to killing.

　　10. Abstain from killing and releasing animals yourself, and advise others to do the same. 

   1、不亲手杀生。

　　2、不教唆别人杀生。

　　3、不帮助别人杀生。

　　4、戒除肉食。

　　5、不从事与杀生有关的行业。

　　6、凡有祭拜，不管拜的是什么，一律用素菜、鲜花、水果，不用牲礼。

　　7、见人杀生，应加劝阻，或用钱将临宰之动物买而放之。若劝阻无效，或他不卖，则应对被杀之动物起同情心，若能为它念佛号或往生咒更好。

　　8、不虐待动物。

　　9、其他与杀生行为相反之行为。

　　10、自己戒杀放生，也劝别人戒杀放生。 

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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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