Kills bugs dead. Permanently. Unless they're Buddhist.

Mar 12, 2007 16:09

I have to admire the nonviolent stand of these folks, but there is a point to where one takes it too far. Like the bottom example, for instance:

Yahoo! News:
Ants test nonviolence of Buddhist monks

Mon Mar 12, 1:13 AM ET

Buddhist monks, who are bound by faith to nonviolence, are grapplingwith how to rid a temple of a severe ant infestation without killingthe insects.

Stinging red ants have plagued the Hong Hock See Temple in northernPenang state for a year, causing one worshipper to be bitten so badlylast month that he had to receive hospital treatment, said Elma Lin, atemple volunteer worker.

A temple disciple tried using a vacuum cleaner to gather up the antsbefore freeing them in a nearby forest, but the method failed to purgethe insects, Lin said.

"We haven't found a solution so far," Lin said. "Nothing has worked."

The temple's chief monk, Boon Keng, was quoted by The Star newspaperas saying that the monks had to "respect other living things" in thetemple.

"When an ant drops on you, you must not flick it away or blow onit," he told the newspaper. "If you do, it will bite to hold on. Youjust have to shake it off."

The newspaper published a photograph of Boon Keng standing beside asign at the temple that read: "Beware poisonous ants. Do not sit underthe tree."

The decades-old temple has more than 10 monks living there and hundreds of devotees, Lin said.

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