Great Master Jin Hui’s dharma statement:

Being a vegetarian is to set life free

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    Great Master Jin Hui had adopted the slogan and concept of “Being a vegetarian is to set life free” which is not only to emphasis on the life of animals but to maintain a balance and healthy lifestyle which will thus reduce carbon to protect our environment and save our earth.
   Great Master Jin Hui once illustrated in a class stating that Being a vegetarian is to set life free” by giving an example of a wedding banquet. To the newly-weds, conducting a wedding banquet is truly a happy and joyful event. However, how many lives will be killed? For instance, by conducting a wedding banquet, about one thousand or more life of chickens, pigs, cows, sheeps, shrimps, fishes and other lives will be killed. In other words, if you change your mind and decide to feast your guest with a vegetarian banquet instead, you know that with this sudden change of mind, you have actually set free thousands of life! Is it still necessary to conduct a special ritual to set life free?
   For instance, if you happened to visit the wild countryside and saw wild animals been caught by hunter . Then, you extend a helping hand and set them free to where they belong without  hurting them. This is the true definition of setting life free. For other instance, when we are working inside the deeper forest and seen any snakes or wild animals belong there,  letting them go without killing or hurting them is also setting life free. And if you come across any snake invading your home and without causing them any harm you let them go. Such action is also setting life free.
   In this modern technology advance world, we should understand the true definition of setting life free unlike the ancient times.   There are many inappropriate changes in the way of life which might occurred due to ecological variation. If you transport a fish from one country to another without taking into consideration its ecological environment, you may cause harm to thousand or millions of fishes there. Hence, we have adopted the easiest way of setting life free which is to be a vegetarian.
Great Master Jin Hui further stated that whole grain is the most proper way to provide nutrition to our body. With regular consumption of whole grain which provides nutrition to our body and thus our body is then able to generate energy. Whole grains absorb the energy and natural nutrition from the mother earth everyday. Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha delivered massive nutrition to us everyday through whole grains. Whole grains and vegetable that grown in ground invisibly absorbs the nutrients under the sun, water and natural earth. By consuming such grains and vegetable, it provides enough nutrition and energy to our body. Therefore, killing lives for food is not necessary.