{"id":100444,"date":"2020-03-28T16:18:37","date_gmt":"2020-03-28T23:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=100444"},"modified":"2020-03-28T16:18:37","modified_gmt":"2020-03-28T23:18:37","slug":"ban-on-animal-slaughter-protection-of-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2020\/03\/28\/ban-on-animal-slaughter-protection-of-nature\/","title":{"rendered":"BAN ON ANIMAL SLAUGHTER – PROTECTION OF NATURE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Navin Gooneratne Honorary Chairman Light of Asia Foundation <\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n

His Excellency Gotabaya Rajapaksa President of Sri Lanka <\/p>\n\n\n\n

BAN ON ANIMAL SLAUGHTER – PROTECTION OF NATURE <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Peoples Republic of China announced the ban on the slaughter of Wild Animals which is a lucrative Billion Dollar Industry, after experiencing the disastrous effects of the Corona Virus that started in China now spreading across the globe in uncontrolled proportions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over 2600 years ago, the path shown by The Enlightened Buddha clearly defined the need to protect all living beings as a fundamental principle of the five precepts to be observed to overcome suffering. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Furthermore, the act of Mindfulness thorough the practice of Meditation as a means to enrich life, is presently sweeeping across the world, which also originated from the guidelines given by The Buddha. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The untold damage caused to nature by the relentless greed for materialistic advancement at any cost, by almost all the countries in the world, has resulted in the adverse reaction we face today with no remedies in sight . This gives us a window of opportunity to restructure our global development strategies if we are to survive from the predicament we face today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The enforced isolation is an ideal time for reflection and to arrive at a solution where we can all live in harmony with nature, without destroying it for selfish enrichment and enjoy its unsurpassed bounty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To achieve this for the benefit of all humankind, we must resolve firmly to denounce greed as the driving force of our actions and instead embrace Loving Kindness, Compassion, Equanimity and Sympathetic Joy \u2013 Metta, Karuna, Muditha and Upeksha – again proposed by The Buddha, as the essential four wheels for a journey of lasting happiness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sri Lanka, the resplendent isle selected as the repository of the Dhamma that would benefit all humanity, must now take the lead in spreading the all encompassing words of The Buddha to the helpless global community to overcome the rising tide of disaster before us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Light of Asia Foundation requests the President and the Government of Sri Lanka to initiate the ban on animal slaughter and purify our hallowed land as a first step towards its commitment towards the ushering of a New World Order. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Navin Gooneratne Honorary Chairman Light of Asia Foundation <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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