Posted on June 12th 2016
What Is It With Non-Meic People?
By Alex Linder
IMO, killing vermin such as fleas, fireants, etc, definitely counts as self defense. So when I kill them, i pray for them. I use prayers from the Buddhist traditions, since the Christian traditions do not generally believe that animals have souls that need to be prayed for. One of my favorites is "namu amida butsu." (I don't know if this is the proper spelling, I'm spelling it just the way it sounds.) This sends the spirit of whatever I've killed to the Pure Land, where conditions are optimal for enlightenment.People are so soft these days they apologize for killing vermin.
[ The above is from a blog posting. ]