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Monday, July 16, 2012

Japan Government Misappropriating Disaster Relief Funds

A captured whale

I find it highly ironic that in a culture dominated by Shinto and Buddhist spirituality the government of Japan is openly misappropriating funds intended for disaster relief to beef up its illegal and immoral whaling operations in the antarctic nature preserve.

In light of recent flooding, let would-be do-gooders be advised. DO NOT donate money to Japanese relief organizations!

Donate goods, donate time if you can, and if you must send money, send it to a reputable entity such as the Red Cross or other accountable agency less likely to have their funds abused by the Japanese government.

I will close with the following quotes which should cause great shame and embarrassment to those in the Japanese government who have stolen relief monies to use instead for violence against humans and the mass murder of sentient creatures.

"Ones who kill animals for satisfying their needs, will not get peace in this world or even thereafter."  
 ~ Shinto quote

Quotes from The Buddha:


To become vegetarian is to step into the stream which leads to nirvana.


The eating of meat extinguishes the seed of great compassion.

Because he has pity on every living creature, therefore is a man called “holy”.
~ Dhammapada



Let him not destroy, or cause to be destroyed, any life at all, nor sanction the acts of those who do so. Let him refrain from even hurting any creature, both those that are strong and those that tremble in the world.
 ~ Sutta-Nipata



For the sake of love of purity, the Bodhisattva should refrain from eating flesh, which is born of semen, blood, etc. For fear of causing terror to living beings let the Bodhisattva, who is disciplining himself to attain compassion, refrain from eating flesh... It is not true that meat is proper food and permissible when the animal was not killed by himself, when he did not order others to kill it, when it was not specially meant for him. Again, there may be some people in the future who ... being under the influence of the taste for meat will string together in various ways sophistic arguments to defend meat eating. But... meat eating in any form, in any manner, and in any place is unconditionally and once for all prohibited... Meat eating I have not permitted to anyone, I do not permit, I will not permit.
~ Lankavatara Sutra

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