May all beings be Happy
Dzambala died at the Animal Liberation Sanctuary, Nepal, in March 2013. He had been one of the original residents, one of the original rescues. He was probably the first goat in Nepal to have an artificial leg fitted (after a tumour resulted in a part-amputation).
This video tells a bit about his life at the Animal Liberation Sanctuary. You can also see an article published online at Mandala Magazine.
April 2013
As many of you know, Khadro-la (Rangjung Neljorma Khadro Namsel Drolma) has provided advice for practices that FPMT centers, projects, services and students can do to help remove obstacles to Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s health and long life. One of the practices that Khadro-la specifically mentioned was to liberate many animals.
Animal liberation is a powerful Buddhist practice often done to prolong life when an untimely death is threatening. According to Lama Zopa Rinpoche in “Liberating Animals” (FPMT Practice book), the practice of liberating animals is primarily for prolonging life and the recitation of mantras is more for healing sickness and providing protection from the harmful beings that become conditions for certain diseases.
He goes on to say:
“It is best to liberate an animal that you are able to look after yourself. By feeding them every day, you perform the Dharma practice of giving charity and create much good karma, the cause of happiness.”
January 2013
Please spare a thought for those animals (and people) caught up in the terrible fires in Australia. An EFDA project coordinator is at the Coonabarabran fire with an animal rescue and treatment team from Tree of Compassion trying to help where possible. This photo is very shocking, but Lama Zopa Rinpoche has said to us before we should show images of animal suffering so that we can all generate more compassion for those suffering in the animal realm (and presumably to use that compassion to motivate us to act in ways that can benefit others and ourselves).
We hope you are doing something meaningful to celebrate World Animal Day - whether writing a letter to authorities about some cruel practice such as live animal exports, or attending an animal blessing ceremony, or visiting an animal shelter and saying mantras to all the animals there, or adopting a pound pet, or vowing to become vegetarian/vegan, or donating to a project that helps animals such as the Animal Liberation Sanctuary in Nepal or MAITRI Charitable Trust in India. There are so many ways you can help. Read our blog on Mandala magazine or click here for more ideas!
This new documentary, “108 Yaks: a Journey of Love and Freedom”, had its Australian premiere at Vajrayana Institute in Sydney in August. A slideshow and update about Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Animal Liberation Sanctuary in Nepal was given by the project coordinators Tania Duratovic and Phil Hunt.
"My whole point of doing this animal liberation is to dedicate for Rinpoche and the gurus’ long lives. But also it is to promote animal liberation, to tell people what animal liberation is and how it should be done..."
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