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SouthCoastToday
 

June 28, 2004
By  JOAO FERREIRA, Standard-Times staff writer




NEW BEDFORD  -- Buddhists in America follow the centuries-old tradition of 
respecting life in  all its forms. 
"They don't  kill the animals," said Ping Ping Huang, a Buddhist student at 
the Grace  Gratitude Buddhist temple in Manhattan's Chinatown. "They feel pain. 
They don't  want the animal to suffer." 
Every year, the New York Buddhists continue the tradition of buying animals  
destined for slaughter and releasing them. The practice is called "releasing  
life." 
"They believe  it brings them karmic merit," Harry Leong said of the 
Buddhists. He is another  student with the Grace temple. "Saving the lives that 
otherwise would be killed  is part of the Buddhist practice; showing reverence." 



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