{"id":1915,"date":"2014-02-13T17:12:52","date_gmt":"2014-02-14T00:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/dannyfisher\/?p=1915"},"modified":"2014-02-13T17:12:52","modified_gmt":"2014-02-14T00:12:52","slug":"making-the-buddhist-practice-of-life-release-more-environmentally-sound-a-birders-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/dannyfisher\/2014\/02\/making-the-buddhist-practice-of-life-release-more-environmentally-sound-a-birders-view\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Making the Buddhist Practice of &#8216;Life Release&#8217; More Environmentally Sound: A Birder\u2019s View&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><figure id=\"attachment_1975\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1975\" style=\"width: 118px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/82\/2014\/02\/konchog.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1975\" title=\"konchog\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/82\/2014\/02\/konchog.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"118\" height=\"166\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1975\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Konchog Norbu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/shambhalasun.com\/sunspace\/?p=36418\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>Shambhala Sun<\/em> Space<\/a> has a terrific post up about environmentally-sound animal release ceremonies by contributor Konchog Norbu. Do take a look. Here\u2019s a snippet:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I\u00a0can\u2019t explain why, but birding has been my main pastime (okay,\u00a0<em>obsession<\/em>) for the past 17 years. As such, I\u2019ve developed a wary view at best of the <a href='https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/library\/buddhism' target='_blank'>Buddhist<\/a> practice of \u201clife release\u201d\u2014reciting a blessing liturgy and setting animals free into the wild that would otherwise have remained in human captivity or killed. I\u2019ve seen goldfish giddily dumped where they\u2019ll become pond-dominating carp, and farm-raised game birds unboxed into areas where they\u2019ll be coyote chow before sunrise, only to have my objections dismissed because it was \u201conly the blessing that mattered\u201d.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read the whole thing <a href=\"http:\/\/shambhalasun.com\/sunspace\/?p=36418\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shambhala Sun Space has a terrific post up about environmentally-sound animal release ceremonies by contributor Konchog Norbu. Do take a look. Here\u2019s a snippet: I\u00a0can\u2019t explain why, but birding has been my main pastime (okay,\u00a0obsession) for the past 17 years. 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