Spiders and other creepy crawlers

[Shokai]

Re: Spiders and other creepy crawlers

Steve;
This site was made for you :lol:

http://www.do-not-zzz.com/index2.html

enjoy,

[Stev]

Re: Spiders and other creepy crawlers

This site was made for you :lol:
http://www.do-not-zzz.com/index2.html

Thanks for that Shokai

But I think I have found the answer, I didn't think flies could read or write but having read this-

You know what baby, you are ( I am damn sure this is intentionnal), you are , how shall I put it.... You are the guy, shape, triangle-like thing that WE, flies, bump into every---F-------time we try to enjoy our flying skills....
Could you ,please, remove this so we can fly as flies.

Following the advice i read somewhere on this site I wrote this notice-
"Hi flies, I am meditating, please do not disturb me cos I will have to Zap you,I wish you much Metta"
Every time a fly landed on me I wished them much Metta and you know something strange happened, they did not bother me at all,

[Amelia]

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I try to avoid killing at most costs. Where I draw the line is when I am actually putting my own life or livelihood (or my loved ones') at risk to avoid hurting something. Then, I would be breaking the precept by putting myself in harm's way. I always bow before I smash. I smash as quickly as possible.

In the area of prohibitions against killing, one laywoman asked, "What should we do if there are mice and termites at home?" Dharma Master Heng Lyu answered, "You first post a notice asking them to leave. Next, you use insect repellants to chase them out. Avoid insecticides because you want to avoid the karma of killing."

One layman asked, "How do you avoid harming living beings while mowing the lawn?"

Dharma Master Heng Lyu said, "You would first post a notice to let the small creatures know that it's best to move, then mow the lawn. While you're mowing the lawn, recite the Great Compassion Mantra at the same time."

Excerpted from the article, "The City of Ten Thousand Buddhas Holds First Transmission of the Lay Bodhisattva Precepts in the New Millenium", on page 49 of the October 2000 issue (volume 31, series 73) of the Vajra Bodhi Sea.

I love this. I sometimes spend some time telling bugs that I am going to have to do some harm if they do not leave soon, and that I'm sorry!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=W083nSzx1Rc

What a great laugh he has!

The precept of not killing, my my humble view, is all about intention.
There is some difference between killing, although they are all killing, a mosquito absentmindedly while it is buzzing around you, or with a mosquitolamp or deliberately pulling one wing out at a time...

Great point.

That being said, If there were giant ones, Like in the movie Giant spider invasion, and they were attacking me, i wouldnt hesitate to break an precept...

Would you not be protecting life by removing the attacking giant spider? Like yourself, or your family? I think that might be following the precept.

As far as my understanding, or lack there of, is concerned the koan of our life is exactly what you're referring to here. Yes, technically we do not kill. Yet we kill to eat. Just because a cabbage doesn't scream doesn't mean it enjoy's being wrenched from the soil. No to mention the mice and insects in our wheat and blah blah blah...

I can't help but think of this whenever one of those vegetarian vs. non-vegetarian arguments happens. I think the fact that we must kill to eat is the most basic lesson that the universe offers us: we all die, no matter what, and it's just part of the cycle so that more life can come.

A little boy is staying with us right now. He was killing ants in the front yard. I told him not to because they run for their lives just as he would if he were being stomped on. I later heard him repeating this during his game with some action figures. :lol: I hope he remembers.

[Emmet]

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How do some of you feel about taking the life of spiders and insects?

That would rather depend upon the insect in question. The other day my lover found a humongous Brown Recluse spider in the bathroom; as a Paramedic I'm intimately familiar with the months of tissue necrosis, pain, and scarification that they can cause. I killed it instantly.
I didn't enjoy killing it; I bore no sense of enmity towards it, and I didn't allow it to suffer, but there wasn't a moment's hesitation either.

After a monsoon-like summer, we're completely overrun with mosquitoes. We have something like 80 varieties here, including voracious Tiger and Salt Marsh mosquitoes. We also have Encephalitis, West Nile virus, Dengue, even malaria. yeah; I kill them too.

[Shogen]

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NOTICE

To all flies that wish to excersize their flying skills please have at it. However, if you have just left a pile of dung or a decaying corpse and want to share my sandwich, you will be terminated. I sincerely hope that evolution will quickly teach your species not to hang out around humans

To all spiders that wish to eliminate insects from my home please be advised that I will accomplish the task myself. I do not require your services. I also respectfully request that you not mistake me or my family for a large meal as we sleep. If you enter I will quickly send you to the recycle bin. Perhaps you will be recycled as a human and share my opinion, or not.

To all mosquitos stay the hell away. I see no purpose that we humans can possibly have for allowing you to survive. You present grave harm to me and everyone I care about. Nothing can eat fast enough to balance your population explosion. If left unchecked there won't be enough blood left to keep you all alive. Do Not Hang Out Around Us or zap.

The list could go on but the point has been made. Don't threaten me or mine and we can live in harmony. End Of Notice Gassho, Shogen

[Undo]

Re: Spiders and other creepy crawlers

This is one from my house.
She has just given birth to 15 to 20 young.
I find them fascinating and feel privileged to be able to witness how they live and interact.


I can understand they are not everyone's cup of tea but they really are stunning given the chance.
There can sometimes be dangers, just like with bees, dogs, horses, cattle or cars etcetera.