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Offline Gibbon

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Chickens
« on: August 11, 2010, 01:27:48 pm »
Over 300,000 chickens at factory farms in the vicinity of St.Petersburg, Russia have perished in the recent wildfires.  It was shown on national TV.  Prayers for a good rebirth for them and other victims of these horrible fires would be very appreciated!

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Re: Chickens
« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2010, 01:44:19 pm »
Pray for the fortunate rebirth of all the beings in the current extraordinary range of world disasters.

And directly help those we can.

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Re: Chickens
« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2010, 02:57:50 pm »
May they all be free from suffering.  :buddha:
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Re: Chickens
« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2010, 03:15:40 am »
Fires in Russia.  Fires in Canada.
Mud slides in China.  Flooding in Pakistan.
Tornadoes in U.S..  Starvation in Africa.
War in Afghanistan. .......

Life is suffering, stress, and dissatisfaction. :r4wheel:
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Re: Chickens
« Reply #4 on: August 12, 2010, 02:39:27 pm »
The chickens were victims because they were in a chicken farm not because of a natural disaster.
They would have ended up in the fire of the frying pan anyway.
The wildfire actually spared the chickens the bad karma of being the source of others bad karma due to killing and eating the chickens.
Damn those chickens for being so tasty.
On to enlightenment!
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