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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 10849514" data-attributes="member: 92282"><img src="http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/animals081911/s_a26_RTR2PLJB.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Buddhist monks Geshe Tenley (top right) and  Tsultrim Davis release a lobster back into the ocean during "Chokhor  Duchen", or the anniversary of Buddha's turning of the Dharma Wheel,  from a boat in the waters off Gloucester, Massachusetts. The group of Buddhists released about 500 lobsters that were  caught by commercial lobstermen, after buying the lobsters from a  wholesaler who would otherwise have sold the crustaceans to restaurants.  Buddhists practice liberation of animals due for slaughter as an  expression of compassion for the welfare of all beings and to accumulate  karmic merit. It is believed the merits of such acts are multiplied if  they are performed on Chokhor Duchen. </blockquote>

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