The Buddhist Practice of Releasing Lives to Freedom

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The Buddhist Practice of  Releasing Lives to Freedom

Dr. Yutang Lin
Part I A Ritual by Yogi Chen
The Ritual of Releasing Lives to Freedom Following the oral transmission of the Buddhist Yogi C. M. Chen
Under the supervision of Dr. Yutang Lin
Written by Dr. Juan Bulnes The practitioner sends animals back to their natural state. They can be any animals which were in captivity, or condemned to death to provide food, etc. Among the auspicious animals are turtles to pray for longevity and fish to pray for Enlightenment. (The individual loses the ego and becomes one with the universe just as the fish, upon being released, become one with the ocean.)
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