Countless animals every day,

Come under the butcher's sharp blade.

Cows, pigs, chickens and lambs,

End up in the gourmet's frying pans.

How fast the knife plunges and slices!

How painful is the gouging and skinning.

The guts are out in a moment;

The head is chopped off in seconds.

The flesh is cut up and broiled,

Or sauteed in hot sizzling oil.

But who can hear the sighing and aching

In the lamb chops or pot roast that's baking?

The World fills up with gloom,

As we harm and slay the defenseless.

The universe grows darker and darker,

And our karma gets heavies and heavier.

May all of you humane ones,

Be considerate of all parents and children.

Be mindful of these poor beasts' agony,

And nourish your own seeds of sympathy.

For hundreds of thousands of years,

Has boiled up a resentment very

If you want to know why there are

Just listen to the sounds from a

"Suppose someone ripped off your nails, How would you like it?

When people scrape off its scales, How does the fish like it?

Do not inflict pain on others When you yourself would not like to endure it."

NATURAL FEELINGS

When I see those who are alive, I do not wish to see them die,

When I hear their sounds, I cannot bear to eat their flesh.