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By all means, save the child! The Buddhist teaching of peace, nonviolence, and acceptance is not to be passive or inactive, but a principle that should be followed with wise discernment. It may be karma that this is happening to the child, but if we do nothing that would be cruelty to the child. Karma can be changed! Evil and harm need to be stopped, not with a mind of hatred, but with intelligence and compassion.

Chanting serves many purposes. When everyone chants in harmony, our individual differences are melted away, and we are unified. The words in chanting are usually confessions (to repent our misdeeds) or praises to the Buddha or bodhisattvas. So chanting is a way to remove karmic obstacles, to cultivate respect, and to diminish arrogance. When we chant, each syllable should be chanted from the heart, with sincerity and concentration, so it is also a form of meditation.

This is one of our traditions wherein Buddhists make donations to the monastery and pray for their loved ones. They make a contribution and we set up a tablet, at their request, with their names or the names of their relatives or dear ones. The red tablets are for the well-being of the living, and the yellow tablets are for the deceased. During our daily cultivation and all services we dedicate the merits to them. The tablets stay up for a month.

One can care without attachment. When we remember our past loved ones, if we still have feelings of loss, sadness, resentment, etc., then there is attachment. Instead, we can remember their merits and be grateful for the time shared together, understand that what is gone is gone, that we are all continuing on our individual paths, and peacefully wish for their ultimate liberation, then we turn the attachment into something positive for all involved.