Whatever your prayer, now is a good time to say it.
Nepal – I would almost say my favourite country – has not stopped this primitive, superstious slaughter. The estimate is that 500,000 animals are being sacrificed. The description is that the process, even as animal slaughter goes, is slow and cruel.
Oh, what bad karma this will bring on that poor place! Pray for the animals, pray for the country that allows it, pray for the fools who participate!
You can learn more at Tibetan Volunteers for Animals, or you can search for Gadhimai.
How sad. How bad for Nepal. Buddhism (and many other religions) grew beyond this thousands of years ago.
It just shows – ignorance and stupidity *is* a sin.
As a former student of Vedanta, then Kashmir Shaivism I was shocked by the brutality. Myself and other western practitioners tend/tended to turn a blind eye to the darker side of “Hinduism.”
My understanding is that the Nepalese government actually contributed monetary support to this slaughter.
Spiritual materialism is not always as subtle/benign as simple “shopping for buddhas.”