Ha-chan the Japanese baby bull

Baby bull hopes to capture someone's heart

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Kazunori Yamasaki
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The Japanese owner of this baby bull is looking for a home for this handsome calf. 
See video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ90mrVCEE4
"This is a baby bull, a male calf, so we cannot keep him in this
farm. We hope some tourism farm or zoo will volunteer to take care of him.
That'd be the best way to make him happy," says Kazunori Yamasaki, dairy farm owner.   Bulls born at dairy farms are generally destined to be short-lived as they are sold to butchers at around age 2.   The heart shaped mark on his head is unusually perfect and definitely marks him as special.  He deserves a chance at a good life!
The Japanese owner of this baby bull is looking for a home for this handsome calf. 
See video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ90mrVCEE4
"This is a baby bull, a male calf, so we cannot keep him in this
farm. We hope some tourism farm or zoo will volunteer to take care of him.
That'd be the best way to make him happy," says Kazunori Yamasaki, dairy farm owner.   Bulls born at dairy farms are generally destined to be short-lived as they are sold to butchers at around age 2.   The heart shaped mark on his head is unusually perfect and definitely marks him as special.  He deserves a chance at a good life!
We the undersigned ask that you donate Ha-chan to a zoo or a farm sanctuary.  Please protect Ha-chan from the butcher!  As has been published in the news, Ha-chan is very much adored and deserves to have this adoration for his entire life.  Please have mercy on him and let him live!!
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# 804:
3:11 am PST, Feb 27, Roksana Sosnowska, Poland
# 803:
5:37 am PST, Feb 24, Severine Chance, France
All bulls should have the chance to live! Humans don't need meat. In fact, there are many evidences that meat and dairy products are bad for your health.
# 802:
5:21 am PST, Feb 24, Johnny Makarainen, Pennsylvania
# 801:
7:01 am PST, Feb 23, Delia Seaman, California
# 800:
5:54 pm PST, Feb 22, Romelia Iordache, Romania
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2:35 pm PST, Feb 15, Clare Howell, United Kingdom
# 798:
4:57 am PST, Feb 15, Lynna Mustapha, Malaysia
'With the Medicine Buddha mantra you can liberate numberless sentient beings from oceans of suffering and bring them to enlightenment.' - Lama Zopa. Tayata Om Bekanze Bekanze Maha BeKanze Radza Samudgate Soha In the Bhaiṣajyaguruvaidūryaprabharāja Sūtra, the Medicine Buddha is described as having entered into a state of samadhi called "Eliminating All the Suffering and Afflictions of Sentient Beings." From this samadhi state he spoke the Medicine Buddha Dharani.[1] namo bhagavate bhaiṣajyaguru vaiḍūryaprabharājāya tathāgatāya arhate samyaksambuddhāya tadyathā: oṃ bhaiṣajye bhaiṣajye mahābhaiṣajya-samudgate svāhā. The last line of the dharani is used as the Medicine Buddha's mantra. Medicine Buddha Sutra, as a bodhisattva who made 12 great vows. On achieving Buddhahood, he became the Buddha of the eastern realm of Vaidūryanirbhāsa, or "Pure Lapis Lazuli". The Twelve Vows of the Medicine Buddha upon attaining Enlightenment, according to the Medicine Buddha Sutra[1] are: To illuminate countless realms with his radiance, enabling anyone to become a Buddha just like him. To awaken the minds of sentient beings through his light of lapis lazuli. To provide the sentient beings with whatever material needs they require. To correct heretical views and inspire beings toward the path of the Bodhisattva. To help beings follow the Moral Precepts, even if they failed before. To heal beings born with deformities, illness or other physical sufferings. To help relieve the destitute and the sick. To help women who wish to be reborn as men achieve their desired rebirth. To help heal mental afflictions and delusions. To help the oppressed be free from suffering. To relieve those who suffer from terrible hunger and thirst. To help clothe those who are destitute and suffering from cold and mosquitoes. Arya Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, known as Kuan Yin is the bodhisattva who most embodies compassion. The name Avalokitesvara has its root meaning as "he who observes the sounds of the world". The great vow of Avalokitesvara is to listen to the supplications, and cries for help from those in difficulty in the world and to provide them with aid, whatever expedient means are needed to help people most effectively. Kuan Yin Bodhisattva, an emanation of Amida Buddha's compassion, is the "Regarder of the Cries of the World". Sometimes referred to in the West as the Goddess of Mercy. Prayers for help arise from thousands of hearts, and thousands of prayers are answered by her vow of eternal compassion: Beings in Samsara, who sail the ocean of suffering, She will guide and deliver safely to the ultimate shore of enlightenment Nīlakantha Dhāranī (The Blue Necked Dhāranī) Namo ratna-trayāya (Adoration of the triple Gem) [edit] I. Initial Salutation Nama āryāvalokite-śvarāya bodhisattvāya mahā-sattvāya mahā-kārunikāya (Adoration to the noble Lord who looks down, the enlightened sentient being, the great being, the merciful one!) [edit] II. Name of Avalokiteśvarā Om sarva-bhaya-śodhanāya tasya namaskrtvā imu Ārya-valokite-śvarā tava namo Nīlakantha 2 (Om! Having paid adoration to One who dispels all fears, the noble Avalokiteśvarā, adoration to the blue-necked one!) [edit] III. śloka enunication of the merit of the hrdaya-dhāranī Hrdayam vartayisyāmi sarvārtha-sādhanam śubham 3 ajeyam sarva-bhūtānām bhava-mārga-viśodhakam 4 (I shall enunciate the heart dharani which ensures all purpose, is pure and invincible for all beings, and which purifies the path of existence.) [edit] IV. Dhāranī Tadyathā: Om Ālokādhipati lokātikrānta (Like this: Om! Lord of Effulgence, the World-Transcending One. Ehy mahā-bodhisattva sarpa-sarpa smara smara hrdayam (Come, great bodhisattva, descend, descend. Please remember (smara) my heart dharani. Kuru-kuru karma dhuru-dhuru vijayate mahā-vijayate (Do, do the work. Hold fast, hold fast, Victor, the great Victor) Dhara-dhara dhārinī-rāja cala-cala mama vimalā-mūrtte (Hold on, hold on, King of the Dharani. Move, move onto my spotless image.) Ehi ehi chinda chinda aras pracali vaśa-vaśam pranāśaya (Come, come, the vow, the vow of the admantine king, destroy, destroy every poison.) Hulu-hulu smara hulu-hulu sara-sara siri-siri suru-suru (Quick-quick, please remember, quick-quick. Descend-descend, descend-descend, descend-descend) Bodhiya-bodhiya bodhaya-bodhaya maitriya Nīlakantha [dehi me] darsanam (Being enlightened, being enlightened; enlighten me, enlighten me. Merciful Blue-necked One appear [unto me].) Praharāyamānāya svāhā siddhāya svāhā mahā-siddhāya svāhā siddhayogīśvarāya svāhā (To you who sees us, hail! To the Successful one hail! To the Great Successful one hail! To the Successful Lord of the yogis, hail!) Nīlakanthāya svāhā varāha-mukhāya svāhā narasimha-mukhāya svāha (To the Blue-necked one (Nīlakantha) hail! To the Boar-faced One hail! To Man-Lion faced One hail!) Gadā-hastāya svāhā cakra-hastāya svāhā padma-hastāya svāhā (To one who bears the mace (gadā) in his hand, hail! To the holder of discus in his hand, hail! To One who sports a lotus (padma) in his hand, hail!) Nīlakantha-pāndarāya svāhā Mahātali Śankaraya svāhā (To Blue-necked One smeared (with holy ashes), hail! To the mighty auspicious one, hail!) [edit] V. Final Salutation Namo ratna-trayāya Nama āryāvalokite-śvarāya bodhisattvāya svāhā (Adoration to the Triple Gem, adoration to the noble Āvalokiteśvarā (Lord who looks down), the enlightened being, hail!) Oṃ Tāre Tuttāre Ture Svāhā - Tara, whose name means "star" or "she who ferries across," is a Bodhisattva of compassion who manifests in female form. "She Who Saves." In particular she represents compassion in action, since she’s in the process of stepping from her lotus throne in order to help sentient beings. 1. Tāre represents salvation from mundane dangers and suffering. Tara is seem as a savioress who can give aid from material threats such as floods, crime, wild animals, and traffic accidents. Tara is therefore said to protect against ordinary worldly dangers. 2. Tuttāre represents deliverance into the spiritual path conceived in terms of individual salvation. In traditional terms, this is the path of the Arhant, which leads to individual liberation from suffering. This is seen in Mahayana Buddhism as a kind of enlightenment in which compassion does not figure strongly. Tara therefore offers individual protection from the spiritual dangers of greed, hatred, and delusion: the three factors that cause us individual suffering. 3. Lastly, ture represents the culmination of the spiritual path in terms of deliverance into the altruistic path of universal salvation – the Bodhisattva path. In the Bodhisattva path we aspire for personal enlightenment, but we also connect compassionately with the sufferings of others, and strive to liberate them at the same time as we seek enlightenment ourselves. Tara therefore delivers us from a narrow conception of the spiritual life. She saves us from the notion that spiritual progress is about narrowly liberating ourselves from our own suffering, and instead leads us to see that true spiritual progress involves having compassion for others. By the time we have been liberated from mundane dangers, liberated from a narrow conception of the spiritual path, and led to a realization of compassion, we have effectively become Tara. In Buddhist practice the "deities" represent our own inner potential. We are all potentially Tara. We can all become Tara. Svaha, according to Monier Monier-William’s Sanskrit Dictionary, means: "Hail!", "Hail to!" or "May a blessing rest on!" We could see this final blessing as symbolizing the recognition that we are, ultimately, Tara. Her mantra can therefore be rendered as something like "OM! Hail to Tara (in her three roles as a savioress)!" Om Tare Tuttare Ture Mama Ayuh Punya Jñana Pustim Kuru Svaha Mama means "mine" and indicates that you’d like to possess these qualities of long life, merit, wisdom, happiness, etc. You can of course choose to wish these qualities for someone else — perhaps for a teacher or for a loved one who is ill. Ayuh is long life (as in Ayurvedic medicine). Punya means the merit that comes from living life ethically, and this merit is said to help one to live long and happily. Jnana is wisdom. Punya and Jnana are known as the Two Accumulations. In order to become enlightened we need to accumulate merit (that is, to develop positive qualities through living ethically and meditating) but we also need to develop wisdom through deep reflection. Wisdom cannot arise without a basis of merit, but merit alone is not enough for us to become enlightened, meaning that becoming a nicer person isn’t enough — we have also to look deeply into ourselves and the world around us and to see the impermanent and insubstantial nature of all things. Pushtim means wealth, abundance, or increase.
# 797:
11:59 pm PST, Feb 8, Nadezhda Peneva, Spain
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11:47 am PST, Jan 23, Deanna Zimmerman, California
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11:49 am PST, Jan 21, Marissa Abramovic, Pennsylvania
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5:44 am PST, Jan 19, Monica Miranda, Texas
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3:04 pm PST, Jan 15, Silvia Batista, Portugal
# 792:
5:02 am PST, Jan 14, James Lahmeyer, Missouri
Please Help!
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5:25 pm PST, Jan 3, Peggy Acosta, Pennsylvania
# 790:
1:17 pm PST, Jan 3, Francisco Javier Novella Tortajada, Spain
# 789:
5:33 am PST, Dec 28, Kimberly Tabales, Missouri
# 788:
6:57 am PST, Dec 26, Irina Denisova, Russian Federation
# 787:
5:22 pm PST, Dec 25, Name not displayed, New York
Do you know of a place that would accept Ha-chan and let him live out his life comfortably?
# 786:
5:43 am PST, Dec 19, Lii Lizzeth, Sweden
# 785:
11:20 pm PST, Dec 15, Penny Gregorio, Hawaii
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4:18 am PST, Dec 14, Didzis Karklins, Ireland
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9:27 am PST, Nov 15, Janice Sturdy, United Kingdom
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2:26 pm PST, Nov 7, Alexandra MAUVE, France
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9:48 am PST, Nov 4, MAUVE Alexandra, France
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6:51 am PST, Nov 2, Michelle Dovin, Missouri
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3:44 am PST, Nov 2, Bovy Fabienne, Belgium
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7:50 pm PST, Nov 1, Janice Hutto, Arkansas
# 777:
7:22 pm PST, Nov 1, Edda Bataan, New York
why do humans have to killoff every single animal on earth....each story I read children's books talk of all the extinct animals or on their way...why do humans have to murder everything...what will happen when nothing is left. Please help this baby bull. His life matters. imagine at 2 being slaughtered just because you are a bull. come on enough is enough
# 776:
5:52 pm PDT, Oct 28, Name not displayed, New York
# 775:
6:53 pm PDT, Oct 26, Edith Suarez, Mexico
# 774:
2:05 pm PDT, Oct 26, Patrick Kelly, Illinois
# 773:
5:32 am PDT, Oct 26, Julie Van Niekerk, South Africa
please make this one bull a happy and living bull. This could mean so much for future bulls and they can become friends too. This bull with the heart mark on his forehead can be a lucky mascot and live in good health.
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11:50 pm PDT, Oct 25, Aline Geday, Lebanon
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5:40 pm PDT, Oct 25, Jennifer Kilgore, Arkansas
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2:08 pm PDT, Oct 24, Michael Carvalho, New Jersey
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12:20 pm PDT, Oct 24, Rocio Cuevas, Spain
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5:08 am PDT, Oct 24, Julie Linder, Florida
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2:38 am PDT, Oct 24, Valerie Pestova, Russian Federation
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10:17 am PDT, Oct 23, Gerlinde Palsingh, Austria
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5:25 pm PDT, Oct 21, Olga Markiv, Russian Federation
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1:03 pm PDT, Oct 21, Helen Beasley, Kentucky
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8:09 am PDT, Oct 21, Susan Campanella, Pennsylvania
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3:51 am PDT, Oct 21, Anna Meilere, Latvia
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