DEFINITIONS AND SCOPE OF THE STUDENTS.

In principle which says it is not the focus of the world is not murder to kill. So the serious crime of murder, kill the other animals are misdemeanors. It is a natural born equal best kind. But only humans that can cause bad karma (also known as "black business" - business black) that sink down to the devil or hell. It only humans can practice karma (also called "clear now" - now white) which is heaven, out of the three worlds, to become a Buddha. And the other beings, except in very few cases of exchange, is not that good in general, what is evil, only actions now natural options that have not reported are artifacts of the mind. So people are directed to carry tools (Directed gas) only religious people can and can direct the zodiac. So the police took the prohibition of murder is not a basis.

Murder must meet three conditions: 1 - that it is; 2 - intended murder; 3 - kill. Not enough, only three conditions that call is injured or manslaughter, murder is not formed. In humans, no matter what age, on man, has taken on the form or not, there was no intelligence or wisdom, who confirmed that it was not murder. So do not be murdered, nor is death in the name of peace to treat themselves to seeking the death or disability has become inanimate.

If you do those things which are contrary to the murder. Today the medical community exhorted the conditions for the body parts for transplants to be replaced, as the cornea of ​​the eye, to take kidney and other parts of the body for transplantation to another person. It's taken a part of the body was no longer able to use it again, make it live again. That is very encouraging. If they mean to have survived the consent of their voluntary. If they die after a new assembly is used to be their earlier endorsement when alive. If you do not like that the dead can still partially attached, cell attachment to the birth of his resentment grew angry, or even affect the good intentions reincarnate reborn direct or pure road of them.

Those who die in a natural way is usually around 12 hours of consciousness would not leave, the perception remains. Medical opinion that consideration is not necessarily real dead.

But if they make it clear testament to the work for a part of their body to heal the lives of one or more other persons, it is unfortunate Bodhisattva dedication rescue. So, if while alive, the body can voluntarily leave wills, the taking of body parts to assemble them for others to discuss the matter.

In our daily lives we, for some reason keep hygienic environment to handle all issues kill flies, incense, mosquitoes, ants, grasshoppers, mantis, rats etc. ... This is the rate at when Sakyamuni Buddha. In the bathroom of the monks do not use the tub for a long time, so full of tiny worms. The monks do not know the cleanup process like? Buddha said, "to clean up dirty water, clean bathrooms to clean." Monks asked "would harm insects." Buddha said: "That is not to harm the insect to maintain environmental hygiene of man that must be sweeping, cleaning, is not the purpose of insect damage should not be considered for slaughter. Of course not spraying poisons to kill insects using only the methods of sweeping, cleaning and disinfection to prevent or prevents insect penetration proliferation. If sanitation is maintained preserve neat, clean and disinfect the insect does not even have much.

While plowing also unavoidable damaging insects, but for the life of ourselves, there are times when plowing but when running everyday and doing other work we are very kill the insects. So just reciting Amitabha Buddha, pray for the ignorant beings-mind is reincarnated after death or super student friendly pure religion shall be deemed not to commit the killing. Of course if careful precautions, the opportunity to reduce insect damage, it is an expression of compassion. If you already know that killing himself but causing no remorse in the heart that is not compassion.

For poisonous snakes, wild animals, insects and other toxic it is because of our past lives now makes it so. They do not harm humans but intrigue predetermined, but evil acts but without malice, so do not see them causing the slaughter industry. Humans need sympathy and protection of them.

For today's society is not to say that people are not capable of preventing harm to them, but also planning a range of space makes them survive, or limited ability to multiply too many of them so that they are becoming a threat to humans. Here we use the method of prevention rather than destructive method, not only to foster human kindness that is also to do with the responsibility for protecting the natural environment.

Generally novice Buddhist definitions often do not understand how they are born. Moreover, today the more people that plants also have life, plants also have feelings, if you say no, do not kill for killing animals was decent, but it should not kill all of plant again. In fact, the first class of beings have it. Plants are living beings accidentally, animals are sentient beings. The so-called living beings can be divided into three levels: high-level type is human enough 3 conditions: 1 - with live cells; 2 - nervous reaction; 3 - with enough thought and memory. Low level vegetation type is only living cells without neurological and memory. Still no response about life and death, joy no touch, no pain as thought and memory, it is called an accidental species. Type the animal level. Only few species such as dogs, monkeys, horses, elephants etc. ... is higher animals, have a certain memory, but not capable of thinking. And the lower the animal out neural responses instinctively, without thought and memory, but they have nerves that sense pain, fear of death, so the insects, ants have instinct However that evade the risk of death. Plants are not like that. So limited is the definition of killing any animal that is not life and death both plants.

Buddhist monks prohibition not to cut trees, to microorganisms such as bacteria, the biological point of view because it is the kind of creature in between animals and plants, no neurological , there is no thought and memory, are not sentient, it can be said that the plant is operating, so killing bacteria is not killing.

For microorganisms in the water, in addition to the bacterial organisms are also relatively high, less nervous, but can be folded into animals. So when Buddhist monks are in the water when the water was all over the bag of water, do so as to filter out these tiny beings, but relatively large, there are relatively small creatures not worthy said. Such opinion is based on compassion, not blooming heart to see them living species without saving. For those species that naked eye can not see, or saw, but not yet distinguish the type or types of invisible beings do not need to know.

Buddhism does not advocate killing mostly in the spirit of compassion, as sentient beings are equal, all sentient beings have the right to survival and freedom. Each of us is afraid of being killed, were feared dead, the other living beings are like that. The distinction beings but on man, senior. If the people who are promoting the spirit of compassion that equality then our world will certainly harmony, peace, help, respect, love each other, not in harmony with the separation, will not no one who was deliberately killed. But the scriptures say: "Killing is retribution. Murder must be for life, the tubers must be paid pound eight ounces." That was made ​​clear by the fact that causality. Retribution is real, but it is not absolute can not be modified. Fostering new compassion is key to not killing, is also the spirit of the Buddha and Bodhisattvas teach the world. END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY THICH CHAN TANH.MHDT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.17/8/2013.NAM MO SAKYAMUNI BUDDHHA.( 3 TIMES ).