http://www.abuddhistperspective.org/abuddhistperspective/en-USSquarespace V5 Site Server v5.13.594-SNAPSHOT-1 (http://www.squarespace.com)Venerable WulingWed, 31 Aug 2022 23:10:01 +0000http://www.abuddhistperspective.org/abuddhistperspective/2022/8/31/1662336504767.html#comments107889:956850:comment/221628575d ·
Online Zoom Pureland Buddhist Retreat on Amitabha’s 48 Vows
including some September 11 Reflections
With Venerable Wuling
Sept. 11, 2022
Please join us as Venerable Wuling leads a Pure Land Buddhist discussion on Amitabha’s 48 Vows and their importance in our practice. There will be time for questions and answers.
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Thank you for taking the time to spread awareness about intention versus outcome. I have learned much from your post. Perhaps you can take comfort from knowing that you have helped reduce suffering in other beings by sharing your knowledge in a manner that allows others to make informed choices and we all have gained wisdom.

Be well]]>Venerable WulingWed, 18 Mar 2015 20:38:00 +0000http://www.abuddhistperspective.org/abuddhistperspective/2009/3/29/a-clean-kill.html#comments107889:956850:comment/21262324
I understand what you're saying. Notwithstanding, the law of karma explains that everything we do will have a consequence. The vast majority of those consequences are "grey" with white at one end of a line and black at the other. Where our actions fall are affected by our intentions.

Killing likewise has white, black, and a lot of grey areas in between. Am I killing out of anger? Or for another reason? This will impact where I fall in that large grey area. But regardless, the consequence of killing is being killed. While I appreciate your comment, I would be failing in my responsibility if I said what you were doing was okay.

Understanding that there will be a consequence for everything we do, we need to do the best we can in our decisions of how to act. Also, dedicating the merits from our Buddhist practice to those we harm is always recommended.

Amituofo
Venerable Wuling]]>PaulTue, 17 Mar 2015 11:43:43 +0000http://www.abuddhistperspective.org/abuddhistperspective/2009/3/29/a-clean-kill.html#comments107889:956850:comment/21260079
We humans have created this landscape, and we humans now have a responsibility to manage it. Just leaving it is not an option, and hasn't been since we as a race became farmers. I think it totally irresponsible for any of us to say we must not ever hunt.

Please let me give an example for just one type of creature here in Germany.

Wild Boar. Zuwachs (or population growth) of these animals is 150% per year. We have at present a population of 600,000. If we stopped the management of these animals today, next year there would be 900,000 more. That's 1.5 million. Do you see where this is going? Just as a reference point. After 10 years there would be 65 million. A total nightmare for absolutely everyone, even vegans and vegetarians.

This population growth holds true for every animal (thought the increase varies).

It is too easy to follow everything through to its word. Oft times we must compromise.]]>Venerable WulingSat, 10 Jan 2015 18:36:35 +0000http://www.abuddhistperspective.org/abuddhistperspective/2014/10/30/1414680137678.html#comments107889:956850:comment/21170860
We accord with conditions that are proper. Cultivation is correcting our faults. If I mindlessly go along with whatever happens, I'm not cultivating because I'm not correcting my faults. If, after we have done everything possible to do what is right and to correct our faults, something bad happens then we say that is our karma and accept it. But we only accept after trying our best to practice the Five Precepts, Ten Virtuous Karmas, etc.

Amituofo
Venerable Wuling]]>