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The essence of Buddhism present in this world not only for the
people who want to become enlightened but also train for
Buddha's children has a moral quality. From do not know become a
knowledge, from a cruel one become a gentle one. That means the
Buddhist's doctrine will bring the benefit to million and
million heart who has a mind towards the good. That way, in the
Nikaya sutra the Buddha advice the Buddhist layman do not do
evil jobs as follows:
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1. Do not do the hunting job, because of the hunting job is very
cruel job, to kill so many animals in the forest such as deer,
monkey, fox, wild chicken, wild boar and so many other kinds of
bird
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2. Do not do the net fishing job, the net fishing also is a
cruel job, because this job is specialized catch the fishes,
shrimp, and other creatures underwater. etc
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3. Do not do the job which sells meats, those are jobs that kill
creatures like buffalo, cow, sheep, pig, chicken, duck, etc. The
person living with this kind of job is call butchers. The
butchers are the person who kills the cattle and retail every
pound to the consumer. This kind of job also is very cruel,
because they kill the cattle do not have any or a little mercy.
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4. Do not do the cooked meat job, because of the person who
sells the cooked meat is the job cook meat's creatures to make
for food like rice, pig intestines soup, or beef intestines
soup, etc. This kind of job also is very cruel. The person who
does this job is lost compassion
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5. Do not do the winemaking or selling wine job. Because of this
kind of job make people drunk and addicted become a person lost
memory who could yell his wife, children, brothers, sisters even
neighbors, one can sleeping on the street do not recognize good
or bad, clean or dirty, disturbance the family and community
social.
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6. Do not do the human trafficking job. The human trafficking
job is the person who usually sells young girls to work as a
prostitute. This kind of job is very cruel because these people
usually use their power or money to force the poor girls or the
poor family who has a girl sold as slaves for sex. Therefore
many families were destroyed by the person who is the human
trafficking job.
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These kinds of jobs are a very cruel job because of torment
subscription and kill the creature but the only purpose for
self, and their family while they do not care for other
creatures. As every people know, although the life of cattle is
support for human life, it is the cause of many kinds of
disease. One is transmitted from diseased animals, two is the
bad karma from killing that one must be paid back. That is the
Causal Law. That why we should know, in this world nobody gives
free something for you, that is the human world, what situation
is killing karma.
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The people to make a living using the professions we mentioned
above, they may make a lot of money, they may be rich, but they
do not know every second to second the causal law is interfering
with their life. As you know, the causal law does not forgive
for any people. One does the cruel job, that person must be paid
back the suffering. Usually, the causal law coming soon or
later, that reason why somebody does something bad the result
appears right away in this life, while there is somebody does
bad things the result appears one or two life after. Until
accepts the bad fruits one only calls heaven, but no one can
help them.
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Although the net fishing job is a very cruel job, in terms of
living, there are some person và some of the job, the person has
to do that kind of job, they already know that kind of job is
very cruel but no choice
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Besides the persons, because in term of living they have to do a
cruel job, we still so many people in the present society,
because of rich or there is nothing to do, or there are people
very tired after work, they want to look for differing kind of
pastime. There are people like to play a sport like: some like
to play tennis, some like to swim, some like football, some like
to take a picture, etc.
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Because people likes every different way so also there are many
kinds of different entertainment. One of the entertainment,
there are not little people like to spend their vacant time
hunting or fishing. They are fishing for purpose entertainment,
but that is not for their job for a living like fishermen. This
kind of entertainment, first look over is very simple like other
entertainment in this world. But with a look of Buddhism that is
the most cruel entertainment and there are the worst karma.
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In this lecture, the subject is net fishing's karma, so the
detail of this lecture only concentrate on the net fishing's
karma. When people fish, they hook the prey into the hook, the
prey usually is The earthworm, the shrimp, or maybe the small
fish. Let the fish eat the prey, the people have to hook the
alive prey into the hook, which means the alive prey can move
around. This is synonymous the creatures being stabbed through
the body is very painful, and struggling looking for alive in
hopeless
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Although the thing is small, the bad karma is very big and very
strong that can guide these stupid the person goes directly into
hell. In that hell, the person who creates that bad karma has to
accept the punish by red hot stick stab through their body as
same as they hooked the prey into the hook. These bad karmas
continue never stop after they die, but these people never
know, but just treat it as a small game. That is stupid human
beings, so Buddha always talking about
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Now we talk about the fishes, because hungry, and thirsty, so
when they saw the prey that hid the hook inside, but they never
know so they eat it, at that moment the fisherman snatch up and
the hook into their mouth, eyes or throat. The fishermen are
very happy with their success, while the fishes extremely
painful and struggle in hopeless
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The result of this bad karma is the present life the person who
has chipped upper lip or lower lip or even no lip. Some of them
there are no ears or no eyes. Sometimes the result of bad karma
happens on their children, but they do not know. May be as they
do not know the causal law, so they always happy, enjoy,
laughing and satisfy their success.
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About the killing's bad karma, in the Ksitigarbha Sutta, chapter
4 talking about Human Being's Karma, etc... There is an Arahat
because the loving kindness of Quang Muc wants to rescue his
mother from hell. In meditation, the Arahat saw mother's Quang
Muc mother in hell very suffer. The Arahat asks Quang Muc:
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- Your mother when she still alive, what kind of job does she
did? With that bad karma, she has to enter hell to accept such
suffering.
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Quang Muc answer:
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My mother likes to eat fish, tortoise, and their eggs. Some time
she cooks, sometimes she fries, she eats a lot, if I calculate
maybe thousand and thousand times much more. Dear Venerable,
please tell me, what can I do and how can I rescue my mother
from hell?
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At that time, the Arahat gave adviser to Quang Muc that:
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You must sincerely chant the name of the Buddha Thanh Tinh Lien
Hoa Muc. Besides that, you can do that Buddha's statue or draw
that Buddha's picture. If you do so, you can get both parts
merit: One for you and one for your mother.
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After hearing the advice Arahat, Quang Muc immediately gives up
everything he likes, and because pray for his mother, so his
determination draws Buddha's pictures and does that Buddha's
statue. After he completes the statue, and he prays for his
mother, at that midnight he dreams the Buddha's statue with
yellow light very bright, and from that statue release the
yellow light out, and tell Quang Muc that:
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- Not very long after, your mother will reborn to your family,
right after delivery the baby knows the cold and hungry
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Because of Quang muc do a lot of merit for his mother, so Quang
Muc's mother can alive until 13 years old, after pass away and
reborn to the rich family and long-living until 100-year-old.
After contentment of this life, right away she will reborn to
the No-Worry heaven, at this heaven she long-living can not
calculate, and after all, she becomes a Buddha, and salvation
the human being and beings in heaven a lot of similarly the sand
of Ganges River
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At here, we can see Quang Muc's mother is not a fisherman, but
only eat a lot of fishes, turtles, and their eggs, so that the
result of bad karma very terrible, right away enter hell, and
die very young when reborn. Because of Quang Muc do a lot of
merits, offering the buddha's statues to pray for mother, hence
that his mother reborn to a rich family and long-living.
Certainly, that is very difficult to do, but Quang Muc did, that
reason why he rescued his mother from hell and terminating the
killing karma
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And here is the second Killing karma, this story already records
in the Tripitaka Sutra. This record talking about the Crystal
King who kills all the Sakya families.
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In the past, in Savatthi City, there is a big pond there are a
lot of fishes, the big fishes and small fishes live together.
Unfortunately, meet the drought season, these fishes exposed on
the shoal, so the people in this city catch them and eat, while
the king of fish rolling on shoal because of the weather too
hot. At that time a young boy who ate the only vegetable come
and see the people in the city catch fish. He saw a big fish
swimming in the mud, he uses the stick hit at the head of big
fish three times and leaves.
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At Kapilavastu City, on the times Siddhārtha Bodhisattva comes
down to this world at the kingdom Kapilavastu was ruled by king
Suddhodana. When growing up Siddhārtha Bodhisattva leaves his
kingdom to become ascetics. After six-year to practice ascetic
and then seat meditation for 49 day-nights under the bodhi tree,
after all, the bodhisattva enlightens and become the Sakyamuni
Buddha. on the way preachers usually there are two great
disciples that are Sāriputra and Moggallāna. When the Buddha
returns to visit the family, King Suddhodana has built the
golden house for Buddha to give the dharma lecture. During
Buddha's absence, the Crystal Prince at that time he was 7 years
old, while play around, he climbs on the golden chair where
Buddha seat to give the dharma lecture. At that time the
musketeers pushed Crystal Prince outside, although obey to go
out, but in the deepest inside of the mind very angry, and
intention one day will be revenge. When Crystal Prince growing
up, after killing Pasenadi King and become Crystal King. He
remembers at the young at the Royal Kapilavastu was pushed out
by the musketeers, so he decides to bring the great troop to
destroy the kingdom Kapilavastu. He catches the men and women of
the Sakya family and kills all, he put some in the tunnel under
the ground until die because there are no foods and water. The
Buddha's great disciple is venerable Moggallāna request Buddha
let him use the magic to rescue the Sakya Family, Buddha said:
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- No, that is the bad karma in the past of my Sakya Family that
needs to pay back. In the past, the people had caught and eaten
those fishes in the pond in Savatthi City of the old-time, the
people in that city in the past, now is my Sakya Family. The boy
13-year-old use the stick hit 3 times on the head of the big
fish at that time, today is me, and the big fish at that time
now is Crystal King. While the Crystal King brings his great
troop to destroy the kingdom Kapilavastu, I got a headache 3
days, that is the result I hit 3 times on the head of big fish,
so I and my Sakya Family have to accept, all of you do not
worry.
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That is the story retribution in the books, in the Tripitaka
Sutra, because of the old stories when reading so many people
thought those stories using to preachify people, remind people
do not do the bad karma. Therefore so many people do not
believe, they only believe what they see. They thought the
causal law is a kind of superstition, can not believe it.
However, there are so many approve the retribution is the truth.
As you can see somewhere on the internet that many people
already share:
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The story told:
Two or three years ago, there is a fishing club in Thailand, at
the begin, there are so many members, and the activity is very
uproarious. But after that, the number of members is a decrease
and finally dissolution. The cause is there are two members of
this fishing club confrontation with many strange things, so make
people not dare to fish anymore.
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1. Passionate
About Net Fishing, Dead For Fishing
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One day on Sunday,
brother Aban with his wife return to the family to a happy
birthday for his mother-in-law, his wife's family is a famous
family at that local. Therefore the party on that day there are so
many people attended and there are many kinds of food.
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As a member of the
fishing club, brother Aban not only like to net fishing, that he
also likes to eat fish belly and fish intestines. That reason why
when he saw the big fish on the table, he is very excited to want
to eat it immediately
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Aban's
brother-in-law sits at the opposite with Aban hurry up come to
help him but at that time the eyes's Aban becomes white and his
breath becomes very weak. All of the people become panic and
immediately call 911 to bring him to the hospital, but so sorry,
at midway Aban is pass away.
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When the doctor
makes the body examination to looking for the cause make Aban die,
at that moment everybody was shocked because of the doctor find
out the hook inside the fish's intestine that Aban just swallow is
a hook at his pharynx, with that reason which Aban can not
swallow, and also can not take it out, so the more drag the hook
more stick deep inside Aban's pharynx.
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Aban's friend and
his relative saw such happen, every people all right away thinking
about he did the net fishing previously. The experiencing and the
technique of Aban's fishing are very well, even every people can
not fish, but he still catches very much fish.
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At the time Aban
passes away very terrible, two eyes blatant up, the mouth opens
very wide, the hook lay inside his pharynx. This spectacle strange
make people shivering fear. The final words every people said: The
bad karma always follows a person who did badly like a body with
its shadow.
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2. Lips Sores
Treat Not Healed
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The second member
of the net fishing club that is Mr. Duong Nhu Ich who is also
professional fishing and he attained the twice champion in the two
times of the net fishing competition.
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At that night,
after attending a friend's funeral, he drove his car very fast to
go home, during that time he saw a big river suddenly torrential
cross over the street. To avoid the car run straight into the
river, he tries to brake, right away he heard a big bang, and his
car hits directly to the pole light on the side of the street.
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Every people do
not surprise when Mr. Duong drove his car very fast that the
caused accident, but the strange is the wound everywhere on his
body healed, but except the wound at his lips and mouth, although
the doctor tries to treat many any kind of medicine, the lips and
mouth still not heal.
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He was very
difficult to chew the foods because all his teeth were broke, so
in more than a month he only uses the straw to swallow eats the
kind of liquid food. The wounds at upper lips, lower lip, and
mouth although the doctor already suture many times, but still not
heal. It is very strange, each time after suture the wound seem to
heal, but right the next day the wound swelling again.
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The wounds were
healed and then ulcer comes back like the previous wound in a
couple of months was make Mr. Duong very suffer. At this moment,
the mouth's Mr. Duong look like the fish's mouth was hook by the
hook but he does not know, until one day his wife comes to visit
him at the hospital, she was very surprise and told him:
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- Look at your
mouth! your mouth looks like as a fish swallow the hook
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The word of his
wife like a magic medicine suddenly to wake him up. He remembers
each time to catch the fishes, he usually tears the fish's mouth.
At this time, he feels sin and extremely repents knowing this is
the result of the net fishing's karma of him. Therefore, He and
his wife buy the flowers and fruits go to the temple, knee in
front of Buddha he is sincerely repent, and promise do not dare to
net fishing anymore.
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It is strange,
from that his lips and mouth gradually heal, and from that he
effort to do the good things, with only hope to compensate the bad
things he did in the past. At the same time, he usually tells to
friends about his suffering experience and recommends friends do
not net fishing anymore. Right after that the net fishing club
dissolution.
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Such, there is the
retribution very clear, however, many people did not believe and
using the net fishing as an entertainment, But truly, that is an
entertainment very cruel. Imagine, when you hook the hook very
sharp inside the fish's mouth, this pain's feeling the people
unbearable. Use the good heart to treat other people, take good
care of our minds, and do not looking for entertainment on the
pain and death of other creatures. If you do not do so, in the
ignorant you will make the bad karma, when you rewarded by the bad
karma, at that time you repent but it is too late.
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Because of such terrible's karma, therefore the people who do
this kind of cruel job, if possible should look for another kind
of job, do not need to do this kind of job anymore. Every
catching the fishes is every time creates the karma's killing,
because of the big fishes, the small fishes with their eggs
countless numbers. So the one who kills one fish that means the
one kills a lot of fish, and such, the sins of that person have
to get is high more than a hundred, thousand times what one did.
When who's that did create the karma of killing the creatures,
sometimes the result of bad karma appears right at this life,
sometimes late to next life, but a sure thing that person has to
pay back, but we do not know early or late.
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Conclusion, although the fishes that you catch even you eat or
not, you are the one who causes guiding to the death of the
creatures. Once you are the culprit killed lives, then you have
to accept the responsibility of the bad karma. To killing is
create resentment and vengeance, because of the animal there is
no wisdom, but if they have and then they revenge surely create
a terrible bloodletting.
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We could say, the
fishing also considered is entertainment, one has to spent a lot
of time and energy, especially those rich people or the people
there are nothing to do. But two of among entertainment are the
net fishing and the hunt are not gentle entertainment but attached
with the killing's karma the creatures. As a Buddhist layman
consider this is a cruel entertainment, it's not good
entertainment, it will be harmful to this life and the next future
life. So a Buddhist layman does not attend to this kind of
entertainment.
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We are a Buddhist
layman, we already have a right standpoint, a concept of how to
live a very good life to contribute nature protect, feeding the
heart compassion and practice as Buddha teaching. Besides that, we
still have much another benefit activity for the mind and body,
for this life and the next future life better more than the
entertainment by the fishing such as practice nursing, walking in
meditation, walking, plant the trees and other activities useful
for social.
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We know that every
people has their own karma, so to choose the fishing is also their
own karma. As you know the retribution of fishing is very terrible
as I mention above, so if you have a chance, you should share this
information with your friend, for your relative, your neighbor or
any people who like to fishing to know about this. For them to
recognize the fishing behavior does not good, because of to create
the bad karma, destroy the environment, to help them change the
bad fishing karma becomes the other entertainment activities more
helpful.
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Buddha knows very clearly about the cause and effect, good and
evil, so He wants his disciples to escape from suffering. He
always prohibits do not allow the Buddhist layman to do a cruel
job, although that kind of job easy to make money, but that is
not the right job for a living. Therefore he wants his disciples
to live with happiness no more suffering.
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Buddha also reminds us that, in daily activities, we already
create bad causes, so to accept the suffer effect forever in
life. Because we ourselves are not any people or any god bring
the bad to us. Also, there are no saints, no Boddhisatva or any
Buhdha bless the merit to us. Please keep in mind that.
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The causal law is very fair, we do it ourselves, we have to
suffer, the other people can not replace for us. Therefore,
nobody brings the suffering for us but by ourselves, also nobody
brings luck for us but by ourselves.
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Many people did not see the righteousness of Causal Law,
therefore in life they just see what kind of job they can make
easy money, even the killing animals' job, but easy to make
money they will right away copy, but they do not know that job
was very extremely cruel. From their action kill the animals and
making suffering to creatures, therefore, right he himself, even
all family have to accept the suffering results from this person
to another person.
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As a Buddha disciple, a Buddhist layman must note these six
kinds of cruel jobs and must obey the teaching of Buddha is find
right away the happy life, the peace of the individual and our
family.
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If as in this life you can make a lot of money from the kill of
the animal, although the present life is very rich, everything
excess. But you must know these properties does not come from
the animal killing, which is your accumulation from the previous
life. No matter what the profession you all get rich because of
in yourself already have money, but with the person, he himself
there is not have money although do any kind of job still can
not make money. That reason to explain why also the kind of job
like a restaurant, fast food, market, store, etc, there are many
people get rich, but there are many people do not get rich and
bankruptcy
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From this information, we should recognize, the person can make
money is in he himself there is money, that means in the past he
already accumulates many good deeds. Therefore, no matter any
kind of job is still to make money. But making money from the
killing of creatures is not stable, so when you have no more
merit then you have to accept the bad retribution. That is the
people who choose that job to live, but if you are because of
the entertainment that net fishing or hunt although you think
for fun, the true this is an action creates terrible karma. We
are the Buddhist Layman who must be early awareness and stop
right away this cruel entertainment.
