{"id":7006,"date":"2010-08-02T17:17:18","date_gmt":"2010-08-02T09:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=7006"},"modified":"2010-08-02T17:24:35","modified_gmt":"2010-08-02T09:24:35","slug":"minor-suffering-from-killing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2010\/08\/minor-suffering-from-killing\/","title":{"rendered":"Minor Suffering from Killing?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7007\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/1.jpg?resize=92%2C159\" alt=\"\" width=\"92\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/1.jpg?w=132&amp;ssl=1 132w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/1.jpg?resize=56%2C96&amp;ssl=1 56w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 92px) 100vw, 92px\" \/><\/div>\n<p><strong>Q:<\/strong> I have tried  to avoid the killing of insects but realise that this is impossible. I  therefore consider that the results of such killings could give minor  results such as the little sufferings we get from insect bites.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong> Have you tried the path of Metta (Loving-kindness) to avoid killing? This the  Buddha did perfectly and we can work towards it too. \u00a0Am not sure how it  can be concluded that such killing can only &#8216;give minor results such as  the little sufferings we get from insect bites&#8217;.\u00a0I see it the other way  round. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">If we generate Metta for even small animals and insects, there  are major results &#8211; of advancing towards the perfection of Metta, of  making it truly an immeasurable<\/span>, as it is meant to be, for the welfare  of all beings great and small, as taught by the Buddha in the Metta  Sutta &#8211;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Whatever living beings there may be \u2014<br \/>\nfeeble or strong (or the seekers and the attained)<br \/>\nlong, stout, or of medium size, short, small, large,<br \/>\nthose seen or those unseen,<br \/>\nthose dwelling far or near,<br \/>\nthose who are born as well as those yet to be born \u2014<br \/>\nmay all beings have happy minds.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related Article:<\/strong><br \/>\nShould Bugs Be Killed Purposely?<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2010\/03\/should-bugs-be-killed-purposely\" target=\"_self\">https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2010\/03\/should-bugs-be-killed-purposely<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: I have tried to avoid the killing of insects but realise that this is impossible. I therefore consider that&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[131,200],"class_list":["post-7006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mix","tag-animal-welfare","tag-loving-kindness","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7006\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}