Gary Yourofsky - Il Miglior Discorso Che Potrai Mai Sentire (sub ITA) - YouTube
Mi limiterò a poche righe di commento ...
Ho sempre pensato che non fosse importante se gli animali non umani fossero capaci di pensare : l'unica cosa che conta è se si prova sofferenza, soprattutto fisica.
Loro non solamente sono capaci di pensare come noi e di soffrire psicologicamente come noi, ma soprattutto di patire fisicamente come (e in alcuni casi più di) noi.
E questo mi ha portato a pensare che il mio dovere dev'essere almeno quello di non infliggere sofferenze, oltre che di proteggere chi riesco a salvare e si affida a me.
E a coloro che giustificano la vivisezione dico che ho perso tanti consanguinei a causa di gravi e orribili malattie, anche giovani, ma non sarò mai favorevole alla sperimentazione animale.
Rispetto tantissimo i Sutra della Via dei Buddha, (anche se
non considero il Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra come il supremo, nè altri in
particolare, nemmeno quelli relativi ad Amitabha) e i trattati scritti in secoli diversi da vari maestri buddisti, taoisti, dell'insuperabile Jainismo, ma uno degli
insegnamenti che più amo si trova nella parte finale del Mahabharata, più
precisamente nel Mahaprasthanika Parva, che è di una bellezza insuperabile e
frantuma tutti i dogmi delle religioni dominanti in questo pianeta, quelle
semite ... già il semplice fatto che La Legge Cosmica Suprema appaia in
forma canina, che un umano dica di no alla divinità e persino rimandi la propria "ascensione" anzichè abbandonare una bestiola sola e indifesa è
rivoluzionario e in antitesi con l'infinita arroganza di chi da Ipazia alle
Crociate di ieri e di oggi, dall'Inquisizione allo steminio degli Amerindi e
degli Indios ecc ecc ha accumulato una quantità immensa di atrocità ...
Beholding his brothers fallen on the Earth, king
Yudhishthira the just said unto that deity of a 1,000 eyes these words:
"My brothers have all dropped down here. They must go with me. Without
them by me I do not wish to go to Heaven, O lord of all the deities. The
delicate princess (Draupadi) deserving of every comfort, O Purandara, should go
with us. It behoveth thee to permit this.
Shakra said, "Thou shalt behold thy brothers in Heaven.
They have reached it before thee. Indeed, thou shalt see all of them there,
with Krishna. Do not yield to grief, O chief of the Bharatas. Having cast off
their human bodies they have gone there, O chief of Bharata's race. As regards
thee, it is ordained that thou shalt go thither in this very body of thine.
Yudhishthira said, "This dog, O lord of the Past and
the Present, is exceedingly devoted to me. He should go with me. My heart is
full of compassion for him.
Shakra said, "Immortality and a condition equal to
mine, O king, prosperity extending in all directions, and high success, and all
the felicities of Heaven, thou hast won today. Do thou cast off this dog. In
this there will be no cruelty.
Yudhishthira said, "O thou of a 1,000 eyes. O thou that
art of righteous behaviour, it is exceedingly difficult for one that is of righteous
behaviour to perpetrate an act that is unrighteous. I do not desire that union
with prosperity for which I shall have to cast off one that is devoted to me.
Indra said, "There is no place in Heaven for persons
with dogs. Besides, the (deities called) Krodhavasas take away all the merits
of such persons. Reflecting on this, act, O king Yudhishthira the just. Do thou
abandon this dog. There is no cruelty in this.
Yudhishthira said, "It has been said that the
abandonment of one that is devoted is infinitely sinful. It is equal to the sin
that one incurs by slaying a Brahmana. Hence, O great Indra, I shall not
abandon this dog today from desire of my happiness.
Even this is my vow steadily pursued, that I never give up a
person that is terrified, nor one that is devoted to me, nor one that seeks my
protection, saying that he is destitute, nor one that is afflicted, nor one
that has come to me, nor one that is weak in protecting oneself, nor one that
is solicitous of life. I shall never give up such a one till my own life is at
an end.
Indra said, "Whatever gifts, or sacrifices spread out, or libations poured on the sacred fire, are seen by a dog, are taken away by the Krodhavasas. Do thou, therefore, abandon this dog. By abandoning this dog thou wilt attain to the region of the deities. Having abandoned thy brothers and Krishna, thou hast, O hero, acquired a region of felicity by thy own deeds. Why art thou so stupefied? Thou hast renounced everything. Why then dost thou not renounce this dog?"
Yudhishthira said, "This is well known in all
the worlds that there is neither friendship nor enmity with those that are
dead. When my brothers and Krishna died, I was unable to revive them. Hence it
was that I abandoned them. I did not, however, abandon them as long as they
were alive. To frighten one that has sought protection, the slaying of a woman,
the theft of what belongs to a Brahmana, and injuring a friend, each of these
four, O Shakra, is I think equal to the abandonment of one that is devoted.
Vaishampayana continued: 'Hearing these words of king
Yudhishthira the just, (the dog became transformed into) the deity of
Righteousness, who, well pleased, said these words unto him in a sweet voice
fraught with praise.
Dharma said: "Thou art well born, O king of kings, and
possessed of the intelligence and the good conduct of Pandu. Thou hast
compassion for all creatures, O Bharata, of which this is a bright example.
Formerly, O son, thou wert once examined by me in the woods of Dwaita, where
thy brothers of great prowess met with (an appearance of) death. Disregarding
both thy brothers Bhima and Arjuna, thou didst wish for the revival of Nakula
from thy desire of doing good to thy (step-) mother. On the present occasion,
thinking the dog to be devoted to thee, thou hast renounced the very car of the
celestials instead of renouncing him. Hence, O king, there is no one in Heaven
that is equal to thee. Hence, O Bharata, regions of inexhaustible felicity are
thine. Thou hast won them, O chief of the Bharatas, and thine is a celestial
and high goal.
