042-Love can kill - Buddhism in daily life

Even love can kill, if things get out of hand, then anything can happen.

I was given an aquarium as a gift at the Shaolin Temple Europe near Kaiserslautern, a small one, with plants and a snail as the only inhabitant. The good spirit of the temple breeds ornamental fish in the basement of the facility, I was taken and given a gift

I was specifically told that the aquarium was not suitable for fish, I should settle shrimp in it, but I would not listen, after some time went to a store and bought six small neon fish, which shine beautifully. The seller said that this would fit, and I wanted to hear the story so, because I wanted the little fish, pets that I could „love".

After a while I realized that the fish tank was "too small" even for the little fish, I got a guilty conscience, decided to go back to the temple, to find a solution there. Once back in the temple, the good spirit told me that I was a murderer because I had almost killed them out of "love for the fish", that my affection had turned into a danger for the fish. Urgently I would need a larger aquarium, so that the fish get the necessary place. No sooner said than done, I received (again as a gift) a larger tank (with accessories) and went back home. There I relocated the fishies, none was lost, I was proud of myself in the end.

And I learned something from the story, namely that even love (or affection) can kill, "good" is not always "good", and "bad" must not always be "bad". If even love can kill, then hate can be positive in some cases, nothing is as it seems at first glance. The historical Buddha was right, we should not judge, not divide into "good" or "bad", but accept things and people as it comes, so it should be.

In the meantime I bought another coral dwarf frog, the fish feel good, they jump through the outlet nozzle of the water pump, they play with the water jet like in a Jacuzzi. And I watch them (and the frog) mindfully and in peace, the fish tank has a meditative effect on me.

I can highly recommend such an aquarium, it is a pleasure to admire nature (in the glass). And I have also learned something, namely to question my feelings better.

As always, the journey is the destination!

Do not kill and do not let kill!

- Buddha ( Siddhartha Gautama) - founder of the philosophy named after him Buddhism- 560 to 480 before the year zero

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