If it is to pray for the health and longevity of the elderly or solve many troubles. This can also be regarded as a kind of "altruism", which is also positive. In addition, there are positive intentions such as "filial piety" and "gratitude", so I hope to do more meritorious deeds for the elderly. This kind of mentality is more positive. But we should also pay attention to the idea of "saving these lives from being killed and eaten" when releasing them. Don't think of it as a "chip", but as a life with the same fear of death and the same desire for survival. I'm helping them survive. It can be seen that the mentality is positive and the behavior driven by the positive mentality is full of positive energy. Therefore, there is a big difference between releasing life in the form of buying some life in a hurry and releasing life for saving lives. The difference lies in thought.
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Depending on whether it is fresh water or sea water, choose organisms suitable for the environment of your release site, such as aquatic organisms. If you put it in fresh water, it can only be freshwater creatures. Try to understand the living habits of living things. The main consideration is whether you can survive after being released. It is essential that it can survive. Releasing is not abandoning, but hoping to be "alive" after "releasing".
Moreover, the release of "edible creatures", that is, "ingredients", should be the first choice, because only they are the lives facing the pain of being killed and eaten. So saving them is the real life-saving. For example, if someone releases "ornamental fish", it cannot be said that it is meaningless, but "ornamental fish" usually do not face slaughter, but are kept in tanks. Moreover, some of them depend on human beings to survive to a certain extent, so they are different from the life-saving nature of release. Therefore, when releasing animals to be slaughtered, saving lives should be the first priority.
2. About the "ceremony" of release,
In the religious category, there are some rituals of releasing people, which are usually called "rites". This concept of etiquette is actually trying to make the release more complete and thoughtful. Help these released lives get the blessing of the Buddha's power, so that they can get rid of the animal way, turn into good ways (such as man and heaven) in the future, have wisdom and embark on the road of liberation. At the same time, through these ceremonies, the releasers also sent out their inner "altruism and compassion". Mind determines nature, so release is more positive.
But be careful not to get too attached to the ceremony. Because if the state of life is critical, don't delay the chanting ceremony. The most important thing is to let go of life as soon as possible. In order to avoid the death of life due to delay, this is negligence. Therefore, don't think that only the chanting ceremony can be regarded as merit, so no matter the urgency and crisis of biology, we should do another long ceremony. This mentality contains the element of "greed". "Greedy for merit" is also "greed", and greed is negative, which leads to the negative behavior of releasing people. Therefore, it is mindfulness to treat poor living conditions and release them as soon as possible. Saving a life is meritorious, and there is no need for greed. If mistakes are made because of "greed for work", that would be bad. Therefore, the "ceremony" can be completed on the way to release, saving time and can be released directly at the release site.
You can search online for the ceremony of releasing animals. There are simple ones, and the design does not delay time. If your life is in a good state, a longer etiquette will do. But there is no need to distinguish between merits and demerits, nor can we be greedy.
3. About "May the elderly live a long life":
This is an inner wish. The nature of this wish is ok. Then the brain is already spreading radio waves before it starts to make sounds. If you really can't let go, it can explain the problem that you are willing to release. For example, I hope that the elderly will live long. Then we should be aware of "many evil causes that hinder health and longevity", which may have been created by the elderly themselves in the past. What goes around comes around. And evil causes may have accumulated a lot unintentionally, some of which can't be remembered at all, even in the past. Therefore, it is necessary to target the "cause" that causes troubles such as illness and short life. Only by working hard on "cause" and "effect" can we have an image. Instead of just seeking "fruit". Therefore, we can aim at all sentient beings who have been hurt by the elderly in the past and wish them happiness from suffering. Therefore, I pray for a long life for the elderly. For example, the vernacular palindromes at the end of the modern printed version of Tibetan scriptures set a goal. The concept of "blaming creditors" refers to all sentient beings who have been hurt in the past or even in the past, and all those who have forged bad relationships. Including being killed, trampled to death, eaten, etc. , including people and other creatures. Therefore, they are still unfair and vengeful, and they are also groups that will directly create obstacles for the parties. So really pray for them. I want them to be happy, so I pray that the obstacles of the parties will be solved.
Therefore, we can set the problem of release as: I wish all the old people's grievances, relatives and creditors can be happy, live in pure land and get a good home. Therefore, I hope that the obstacles of the elderly will be solved and their life expectancy will be increased. The wish statement can be made before the release ceremony, and it doesn't matter if you don't. Mainly for personal persistence and doubt. If you have questions, you can state them, and if you have no questions, you can not state them.
Step 4 "Return" after release
"Gui" is a very important concept in Buddhist studies. There is a certain correspondence with the previous goals. After the release, we should follow the trend and turn back the "merits of the release". Returns can be expressed in the form of reports. For example, "I would like to repay the merits of this liberation to all the relatives and creditors who have given the old man (name) eternal life, and pray for the blessings of all buddhas and bodhisattvas, so that they can all get rid of their sufferings, live in a pure land and have a beautiful home." Therefore, I hope that all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas will bless the elderly (name) to resolve all obstacles, increase their life span, and increase their happiness and wisdom. What is happiness ... "This is just to provide a voice, not a cliche. You can adjust it according to your needs, but don't ask too much, or you will be greedy. The significance of the double growth of wealth and wisdom is that there is not enough happiness, but also wisdom. With wisdom, you can realize, and consciousness will avoid recreating evil causes. For example, money is a blessing, and enlightened people don't use money to eat, drink, go whoring and gamble, but use money to accumulate merits and create good deeds ...)
It would be better if the old people themselves were willing to cooperate. But we should not over-imagine that there are objective laws in the operation of things. What we can do is to plant positive seeds according to the law. But it does not mean that the negative seeds planted in the past will not mature. In other words, after doing merits or praying, you may not get sick. Many people will judge right and wrong through emotions. Because illness is a phenomenon, its appearance must have its premise reasons, and getting sick is not necessarily a bad thing. If there is a good karma, a potential crisis may be discovered because of a minor illness, so it may be eliminated in time, so this minor illness is not necessarily a bad thing. So what we can do is to actively plant good causes and repent of past mistakes. This increases the chances of showing good results. ...