H.H. the 14 dalai lama talks about animal awareness- [3/6]




Acoording to the source in tibet, a tiger skin, which sell for US $18000 is now about US $10000 and Leopards skins that would sold for US $6000 have come down to US $2496. Another buring of animal pelts was reported recently from the Lithang county of the Sichuan province. About US $60000-70000 worth of animal pelts were burnt. About 1500 hundred peple participated in the act. According to the source, people gathered near the Lithang monastry in Dekyi village with their chubas (Garments made of animal skins) before putting them into the fire. The organizer informed the gathering about His Holinesss message aganist the use of chubas by some Tibetans, which is contrary to the teaching of Makakaruna in Buddhism. The mood here is to surrender these garments and to renounce them from their cultural domain which they have been using mainly during the Gyantse and Shoton festival in August and September. They have also been using them in several other traditional gatherings. With the demand and the price of chubas in Tibet appear to fall, chances of survival of the existing wildlife in inda and elsewhere might have improved. Conservationist in Inda feel that these are very positive developement. ... (more)



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