Compiled by Lama Phurbu Tashi Rinpoche<\/p>\n
The meaning of saving life \/ fangsheng<\/em> is saving the life of the animal to be killed.\u00a0 Saving life itself can be described in general and specific ways.<\/p>\n In general, saving life means not injuring yourself and refraining from killing.\u00a0 In some way, it means saving the life of the animal that is about to be killed.<\/p>\n One of the Buddhist principles of harmlessness and non-killing, saving life \/ fangsheng<\/em> is part of the dana paramita in Buddhism, which gives freedom from fear or provides protection.\u00a0 It is the best gift or the greatest gift because life is the most cherished and precious thing for all beings.<\/p>\n We immediately get benefits through life saving \/ Fangsheng practices.<\/p>\n If we do it right, it brings greater benefits to both ourselves and the rescued animals.\u00a0 Those who do life saving, will benefit from a long life, better healing and health, receive love and kindness from others, refine karmic debts and one will have a better rebirth.<\/p>\n For animals that are released, besides getting their freedoms, they are free from sufferings due to pain and free from losing a precious life. Their lives are as precious and cherished as ours.<\/p>\n All living beings want to be happy and be free from suffering.\u00a0 Another greater benefit is that through our recitations and prayers connect them to the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha, also cultivating immeasurable virtue and helping them to find the path to liberation from Samsara in their future lives.<\/p>\n Saving lives is freeing animals from suffering and giving them short-term happiness.\u00a0 The long term or greater benefit we can give them is through connecting them to Buddhadharma.<\/p>\n It will help them to plant seeds of virtue which will result in being born in a higher rebirth and ultimately lead them to enlightenment.\u00a0 It will help them not only to have a good rebirth in the next life but to be born as humans and ability to meet Dharma.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":586,"template":"","download_cat":[2],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manihouse.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/download\/190"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manihouse.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/download"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manihouse.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/download"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manihouse.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manihouse.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"download_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manihouse.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/download_cat?post=190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}