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On the full moon on May 16, 2022
Save the lives of fish awaiting slaughter
Fish Release Practice and blessings lead by Drugu Choegyal Rinpoche
In Tibetan this practice is known as 'tshe thar', life release.
In Tibetan this practice is known as 'tshe thar', life release. Here you can buy fish in Nepal. The fish will be blessed with mantras and given myong grol (liberation through tasting), precious substances that give the animals a good cause for higher future rebirth. It is customary to save a number of animals equal to your age. So for example a 25 year old would save 25 fish. However, you can choose to save any number of animals that you want. Since a human being can commit no greater transgression than taking the life of another living being, by implication, there is no greater source of accumulating merit than saving life.
Dugu Choegyal Rinpoche who is a reincarnate master in the Drukpa Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism first went to Merigar in 1986 and some years later gave a teaching on Yeshe Tsogyal. He is renowned for his art and was invited by Chögyal Namkhai Norbu to paint the panel of the Twelve Primordial Masters in the Gönpa of Merigar. You can read about the lineage of past reincarnations of the Dugu Choegyal Lineage here: Click Here
NOTE: It is especially beneficial to save fish if the astrological aspect relating to one's life force or 'sog' is negative in the current year. This depends on your year of birth.
As advised in the astrological system devised by Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche and found in the Merigar Diary, in this current year those who are particularly advised to save lives are those people born in the following years (beware that the Tibetan lunar year usually starts in February or March so you must check exactly in which year his birth is considered to have taken place in):
Birth years for which this practice is especially beneficial in 2022 are:
This year's element of life is wood and it is particularly negative for all signs that have the earth element as an element of life, i.e. all dogs (those born in the years 1922, 1934, 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994 , 2006, 2018), dragons (1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012), bull (1925, 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009, 2021) and sheep (1931, 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015). It is also negative for those with element of life wood, i.e. tigers (1926, 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010, 2022) and rabbits (1927, 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011)
By buying fish you are saving their lives and also contributing to the activities of Shang Shung institute UK. Thank you for your participation!
Purchase Details:
Credit/ Debit Card
Paypal
USE REFERENCE: FISH-RELEASE-2022
Bank Name: HSBC
A/C Name: Shang Shung UK LTD
Sort Code: 40-03-36
A/C Number: 21333585
IBAN: GB40MIDL40033621333585
BIC: MIDLGB2140V
If you wish to donate by bank transfer to release an animal, please use 'FISH-RELEASE-2022' as a reference.
Deadline for orders May 15th
Send us an email with the amount of fish (£ 1.00 each) that you would like
to release and the total amount you have transferred to our bank account, to this email:
jamyang.oliphant@shangshunguk.org
Bank Transfer - GBP
Bank Transfer - EUR
If you wish to donate by bank transfer to release an animal, please use 'FISH-RELEASE-2022' as a reference.
Deadline for orders May 15th
Send us an email with the amount of fish (1.20 EUR each) that you would like
to release and the total amount you have transferred to our bank account, to this email:
jamyang.oliphant@shangshunguk.org
USE REFERENCE: FISH-RELEASE-2022
IBAN: GB97 HBUK 4012 7683 9070 57
BIC: HBUKGB4B
Bank Name: HSBC
A/C Name: Shang Shung UK LTD
Sort Code: 40-12-76
A/C Number: 83907057
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