Q: Are mosquitoes, flies, ants, cockroaches, tide insects, etc. OK? Killed at home? If not, what should I do? A: The Buddha taught in the Sanskrit: "Anyone who has life shall not be killed." So no living person can kill it. So what should we do? I'll tell you two stories: 12 years ago, I lived in a single-family house in the city center, where there were many ants. Not only the kitchen is hard to prevent, but also my study and bedroom, and there are ants crawling on me, which is very annoying. Although I killed them all with various drugs, it didn't work. I even sprinkled some honey or sugar in the yard, and when the ants gathered around, I scalded them to death with thermos water, killing tens of millions of ants, and there were more ants at home. Irritating, in order to prevent ants from crawling on the food in the kitchen, I hung a food basket from the roof with thin wire, thinking that I couldn't find ants this time. Unexpectedly, when I took off my basket to get food the next day, it was dark inside! I put the basket in the yard, found an old newspaper, lit it and stuffed it into the basket, lighting the "sky lanterns" one by one. After worshipping the wonderful old monk, I know I can't kill him. Although I still eat "three clean meats" and no longer buy live chickens and live fish, ants were not included in the "life" at that time. It's too small! After returning home, the problem of solving ants appeared again. When I scattered the powder and pesticides I bought on the windowsills of all the rooms, it suddenly occurred to me that ants are not life either. They must be very thoughtful, otherwise how can they be so organized and disciplined? I feel very uneasy psychologically. I feel ashamed to think of Master's teachings. Suddenly, I felt a sense of fear. The number of ants killed in these years is countless. Sooner or later, they will settle accounts with me! But now that six or six powders have been sprinkled, I don't know how many lives will be killed, so I quickly swept away the six or six powders and washed them with water again. Because I was the only one at home at that time, I spoke from my heart to the ants crawling in the yard. "Ant, ant, I didn't know the truth of not killing. I killed too many ants. I just poisoned again. Although I washed it, there may still be residual poison by the window sill door. Don't climb there. I won't kill ants from now on. I hope you don't go to my house or kitchen. Don't bother me in my room, I will never hurt you. " In fact, I didn't read the scriptures at that time, but what I said to the ants was from the heart. I didn't expect that I wouldn't let them into the kitchen, so where did their food come from? A few days later, the child said to me, "Dad, there are no ants in our house." In fact, I have long forgotten. After listening to the child, I remembered what I said the other day. So I concentrated on looking for ants in the yard and found none. I don't know if there are any climatic reasons that lead to no ants in this area, so I went to my neighbor's house and found that all of them are ants! This surprises me. This joy is not because the ants are gone, but because I understand that people can communicate with other life. As long as you are sincere in what you say and do, you must feel something. At that time, if I scattered a little food crumbs in the flower pond every day to give the ants food to live, but I didn't understand and asked the ants not to go to the kitchen and had to move. Since that year, I have lived here for six years, and no ants have appeared. Before I converted, I killed animals, ate meat and drank wine. It can be said that "nourishing the heart is a sin." Why is there such an induction? One is sincere feelings, and the other is the blessing of Buddha and Bodhisattva. The Buddha is merciful to all sentient beings. No matter who is, as long as there is a trace of good thoughts, the Buddha will skillfully and conveniently measure him and guide his interest in abandoning evil and doing good. Gu Dade taught: "If you want to enter Buddha's wisdom, you must first hook with desire." I belong to that kind of ignorant person. * Neither preaching nor books can convince me at once. Only the facts I see can convince me, and then I can pursue and practice. This may also be the reason why I will learn to recite the scriptures and return to all beings in the future. My younger brother Guo Pei comes from his hometown of Henan. He tells the story of how he treated many mice in his family with the above methods I taught him. He also talked to the mice, apologized, and frankly said that he would never kill mice again, and then fixed a place for the mice every day and put some leftovers on the plate. At first, the mouse not only ate the food on the plate, but also ate other things and bit some household items. Guo Pei's brother said to them, "I killed too many mice in the past. You should hate me. I will recite the great compassion mantra 30 times a day to repay the mice I killed and turn them over for good. " After about 3 months, the mice only ate the food on the plate on the ground and stopped eating other food and destroying things. One day, Guo Pei's sister came home from other places to live for a period of time. When she saw her brother feeding the mouse every day, she laughed at his stupidity and didn't believe that the mouse would obey. So after dinner, she deliberately put a steamed bun (steamed bread) on the table, and it didn't move the next day. For three days, the mouse just ate the food on the plate on the ground. Although incredible, she has nothing to say. What's more strange is that her washed clothes are mixed with her sister-in-law's in a cupboard door, and mice can open the cupboard door and bite her clothes. How can a mouse tell? She had to refuse to obey, saying that she would not kill mice when she went home. Later, the mouse in my brother's house disappeared. The above are two examples, which readers can handle according to their own family situation. In short, we should treat these animals which we call "pests" as human beings. The more you kill him, the more he hates you. Whether it is a big animal or a small animal, they can see whether people are sincere or not, because we have killed too many animals in the past. Don't expect to say a few words and read a few classics, and it won't hate you. Only sincerity can impress them. After I stop killing mosquitoes, mosquitoes will still come into the house to bite people. After it landed on the wall or somewhere, I covered the mosquito with small glass, cans and bottles, and then stuffed a piece of paper prepared in advance into the sealed bottle mouth along the gap in the bottle mouth, and then moved it into my hand, indicating that the mosquito should stop biting, chanting Buddha and dying, giving it three conversions, and then putting it outside the doors and windows. After a year or two, mosquitoes rarely enter the house, and even if they bite, they don't itch too much. A pimple like a grain of rice soon disappears. In the next 10 years, family members were rarely bitten by mosquitoes. This paper introduces this method for the reference of peers. Whether there are pests on crops should be treated with pesticides. For the same reason. Some farmers use others to treat pesticides, and he sprays water 49 times. Some also take the form of "notice" three days in advance. When spraying pesticides, he will recite the great compassion mantra more often, with different effects. In a word, he really needs to have self-knowledge and repentance. If he says a few random spells, it is impossible to expect insects to disappear. "Everything is created by the mind", not everything is created by sutras and incantations, but by chanting Buddha, sutras and incantations. Indoor tide insects, cockroaches and the like can be notified to clean up three days in advance, and they should be asked to act quickly. On the third day, if there is, you can clean it. Don't kill them intentionally. When cleaning, you can recite the Buddha's name, the curse of death, the curse of compassion, and turn over those small animals that you accidentally hurt (including when plowing). The old monk said it was more like the law, and over time, it was all gone. If you are a yogi who not only doesn't eat meat or fish, but also gives up lust, you can't see them when you ask them to move, because your merits are enough to make them happy from suffering, just like a king's minister, wanting to get rich is just a word, while general good knowledge needs to teach the poor how to make money step by step. Therefore, repentance, observing precepts, chanting Buddha and Xiu De are something that practitioners should always remember. Every family is different, please think for yourself.