life release ritual 放生

life release ritual
繁：放生
简：放生

不少華人都認為，「放生」是行善積德。兩名華裔佛教徒2015年購入波士頓龍蝦及美國珍寶蟹各逾300隻，在英倫海峽放生，結果英國當局以這些外來物種，會為環境帶來難以預計的破壞控告兩人。兩人承認控罪，近日被判罰款及賠償合共1.48萬鎊（近15.6萬港元）。

購數百波士頓龍蝦珍寶蟹　英倫海峽放生　兩華裔佛教徒認罪罰15.6萬（2017年9月23日）。明報，取自 https://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20170923/s00005/1506179163665

Almost 1,000 people, celebrating the visit of Taiwanese Buddhist master Hai Tao, hired three boats for the “fang sheng”, or life release ritual, designed to save animals destined for slaughter.

Bad karma for the Buddhists who released hundreds of lobsters into the Channel. (2017, September 22). The Telegraph. Retrieved from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/09/22/bad-karma-buddhists-released-hundreds-lobsters-channel