Imboni yaseJapane yokudoba imikhomo, ifuna ukulungisa umthwalo osindayo wecala ngokuqothulwa okuqhubekayo kwemikhomo, kodwa ingafuni ukushintsha isimo se-quo nganoma iyiphi indlela (funda: yekani ukubulala imikhomo, ngaleyondlela eqeda sona kanye isidingo sokuba nalomuzwa wecala), wakuthola kunenzuzo eyengeziwe ngaye ukuba aqale ukuxhaphaza ubuBuddha ukuze afinyelele imigomo yabo engabazekayo. Ngibhekise kulowo mngcwabo omkhulu osanda kwenzeka kwelinye lamathempeli eZen eJapan. Ngaphezu kwenani lezikhulu zikahulumeni, kanye nabaphathi nezisebenzi ezivamile zenye yezinkampani ezinkulu eJapane, lesi senzakalo safakazelwa umlobeli wephephandaba laseMelika i-Baltimore Sun, owabhala umbiko olandelayo ngalokho akubona:
“Ithempeli leZen lalivulekile ngaphakathi, linempahla eningi, futhi linikeza umbono wokuchuma okukhulu. Isizathu salo mhlangano kwakuwukuqhutshwa kwenkonzo yesikhumbuzo yemiphefumulo yabafile abangu-15, okwathi eminyakeni emithathu edlule banikela ngokuphila kwabo ngenxa yokuchuma kwabantu baseJapane.
Abazili bebehlezi belandelana ngokwezikhundla zabo, beholwa yisikhundla sabo esisemthethweni enkampanini abebengaphansi kwayo bonke. Cishe abantu abangamashumi amabili - abaholi besilisa kanye nezikhulu zikahulumeni ezimenyiwe, ezigqoke amasudi asemthethweni - babehlala emabhentshini abekwe esiteji esiphakanyisiwe, ngqo phambi kwe-altare. Bonke abanye, cishe ikhulu namashumi ayisishiyagalombili ngenani, iningi labo okungabesilisa abangenamajakhethi, kanye neqenjana labesifazane abasebasha lalihlezi limata ngemilenze nhlangothi zombili zomsamo.
Ngemisindo yensimbi, abapristi bangena ethempelini futhi bahlala phansi bebheke e-altare. Bashaya isigubhu esikhulu. Kusukume owesilisa obegqoke amasudi wabingelela isixuku.
Umpristi omkhulu, egqoke ingubo ephuzi ephuzi futhi ephuce ikhanda, waqala umthandazo: “Khulula imiphefumulo yabo ekuhlushweni. Mabawelele kolunye ugu babe oBuddha Abaphelele.” Khona-ke, bonke abapristi baqala ukusho elinye lama-sutra ngazwi linye nangezwi lokucula. Lokhu kwaqhubeka isikhathi eside futhi kwakhiqiza uhlobo oluthile lomphumela wokulutha.
Lapho ukuhlabelela sekuphelile, bonke ababekhona basondela e-altare ngababili ukuze bashise impepho.
Ekupheleni komcimbi womnikelo, umpristi omkhulu wakufingqa ngamazwi amafushane: “Ngijabule kakhulu ngokuthi ukhethe ithempeli lethu ukuthi libambe le nkonzo. Ebuthweni, ngangivame ukudla inyama yomkhomo futhi ngizizwa ngixhumene ngokukhethekile nalezi zilwane.”
Ukukhuluma kwakhe ngemikhomo kwakungelona nje ukubhuka, ngoba yonke le nkonzo yayihlelwe izisebenzi zenhlangano enkulu kunazo zonke eJapane yokudoba imikhomo. Imiphefumulo engu-15 ababeyithandazela kwakuyimiphefumulo yemikhomo ababeyibulele.”
Le ntatheli iqhubeka ichaza indlela abadwebi bemikhomo abamangele futhi beshaqekile ngayo ngokugxekwa abakuthola phesheya, ikakhulukazi e-United States, okubaveza “njengezidalwa ezinonya nezingenanhliziyo ezibulala ngokungenasidingo ezinye zezilwane ezinhle kakhulu emhlabeni. ” Umbhali ucaphuna amazwi kaputeni wesikebhe esidoba imikhomo, okhumbula ukuthi yini ngempela “Iziphathimandla zaseMelika, ngokushesha ngemva kweMpi Yezwe Yesibili, zayala ukuba kuthunyelwe izikebhe zokudoba ukuze ziyodoba imikhomo ukuze kusindise izwe elalihluliwe endlaleni”.
Manje njengoba amaJapane engasasengozini yokungondleki, ukudla kwawo amaprotheni ezilwane kuseyingxenye ye-United States, futhi inyama yomkhomo ngokuvamile ihlanganiswa ekudleni kwasemini kwesikole. Omunye owake waba yi-harpoone watshela intatheli lokhu okulandelayo:
“Angiziqondi izingxabano zalabo abaphikisana nemikhomo. Phela lokhu kufana nokubulala inkomo, inkukhu noma inhlanzi ukuze kudliwe. Uma imikhomo iziphatha njengezinkomo noma izingulube ngaphambi kokuba ife, ibanga umsindo, ngangingeke ngikwazi ukuyidubula. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, imikhomo iyakwamukela ukufa ngaphandle komsindo, njengezinhlanzi.”
Umbhali uphetha indaba yakhe ngokuqaphela okulandelayo:
Ukuzwela kwabo (abadobi bemikhomo) kungase kumangaze izishoshovu ezimbalwa ezikhuthaza ukuvinjelwa kokudotshwa kwemikhomo. U-Inai, isibonelo, wabulala imikhomo engaphezu kwezinkulungwane eziyisikhombisa eminyakeni yakhe engamashumi amabili nane njenge-harpooner. Ngolunye usuku wabona indlela umama okhathalelayo, enethuba lokuzibalekela, abuyela ngayo ngamabomu endaweni eyingozi ukuze atshuze, athathe iwundlu lakhe elinensayo futhi kanjalo alisindise. Kwamthinta kakhulu lokhu akubonayo kangangokuthi, ngokusho kwakhe, wayengakwazi ukudonsa isibhamu.
Uma uthi nhlá, le nkonzo esigodlweni sezindela ibukeka njengomzamo oqotho wokucela intethelelo emikhomeni “ebulewe ngokungenacala,” uhlobo “lwezinyembezi zokuphenduka”. Nokho, amaqiniso akhuluma okuhluke kakhulu. Njengoba sesazi kakade, umyalo wokuqala uyakwenqabela ukubulala ngamabomu. Ngakho-ke, lokhu kuyasebenza nasekudobeni (kokubili ngendlela yokudoba kwezemidlalo kanye nohwebo), amaBuddha anqatshelwe ukuhlanganyela kukho. Ababulali, abahlabayo nabazingeli bahlukaniswa nguBuddha esigabeni esifanayo nabadobi. Inkampani edobela imikhomo - ukusebenzisa izinkonzo zabefundisi namathempeli amaBuddha ukuze idale ukubonakala kohlobo oluthile lokusekelwa kwezenkolo ngezenzo zayo ezimelene namaBuddha ngokungagwegwesi, kanye nabasebenzi bayo - ukuba iphendukele kuBuddha ngomthandazo wokukhulula ukuhlushwa kwemiphefumulo yemikhomo eyabulawa yiyo (ngalokhu kubulala, ukungazinaki ngokuphelele zona kanye izimfundiso zikaBuddha) njengokungathi osemusha owabulala bobabili abazali bakhe ngesihluku ucela inkantolo ukuba imbonise ububele ngesizathu sokuthi uyintandane. .
UDkt. DT Suzuki, isazi sefilosofi esidumile esingumBuddha, uyavumelana nalombono. Encwadini yakhe ethi The Chain of Compassion, ugxeka ubuzenzisi balabo abaqala ngokubulala ngokungadingekile, ngonya, bese bayala izinkonzo zesikhumbuzo zamaBuddha ukuze kuphunyuzwe imiphefumulo yezisulu zabo. Uyabhala:
“AmaBuddha ahuba ama- sutra futhi ashise impepho ngemva kokuba lezi zilwane sezibulewe, futhi athi ngokwenza kanjalo aduduza imiphefumulo yezilwane ezizibulele. Ngakho, banquma, wonke umuntu wanelisekile, futhi indaba ingabhekwa njengevaliwe. Kodwa ingabe singacabanga ngokungathi sína ukuthi leli ikhambi lenkinga, futhi unembeza wethu ungahlala kulokhu? …Uthando nozwelo kuhlala ezinhliziyweni zabo bonke abantu abahlala endaweni yonke. Kungani kungumuntu kuphela osebenzisa lokho okubizwa ngokuthi “ulwazi” ukuze anelise izinkanuko zakhe zobugovu, bese ezama ukuthethelela izenzo zakhe ngobuzenzisi obuyinkimbinkimbi kangaka? AmaBuddha kufanele alwele ukufundisa wonke umuntu ububele kuzo zonke izinto eziphilayo—ububele, okuyisisekelo senkolo yabo…”
Uma lo mkhosi ethempelini wawungewona umsebenzi wokuzenzisa, kodwa isenzo sokuzinikela kwangempela kobuBuddha, abadobi kanye nabasebenzi benkampani kuzodingeka baphenduke ekwephuleni kwabo umyalo wokuqala, ongenakubalwa, bathandaze kuKannon, i-bodhisattva uzwelo, becela intethelelo kuye ngezenzo zabo, futhi bafunge kusukela manje ukuthi ngeke babulale izidalwa ezingenacala. Asikho isidingo sokuchazela umfundi ukuthi akukho kulokhu okwenzekayo. Ngokuqondene nalabo bapristi bamaBuddha abaziqashisela bona kanye nethempeli labo ngenxa yalesi sidlo, ngokungangabazeki beshukunyiswa ukulindela umnikelo omkhulu ovela enkampanini yomkhomo, ngaleso sikhathi. lona kanye iqiniso lokuba khona kwawo likufakazela ngokucacile isimo esiwohlokayo ubuBuddha baseJapane okuso namuhla.
Eminyakeni yangemva kwempi, iJapane ngokungangabazeki yayiyizwe elimpofu nelilambile, futhi izimo zangaleso sikhathi zazisengazama ukuthethelela ukulwa okungenamkhawulo kwemikhomo ngenyama. Ziqondiswa ngokuqondile yilezi zinto ezicatshangelwayo, iziphathimandla zaseMelika zaphikelela ekuthuthukisweni kwemikhumbi ye-whaling. Namuhla nini I-Japan ingelinye lamazwe acebe kakhulu emhlabeni, elinomkhiqizo kazwelonke ophelele emhlabeni okhululekile okwesibili ngemva kwelase-United States., lesi simo asisakwazi ukubekezelelwa.
Phakathi kwezinye izinto, inyama yomkhomo ayisadlali indima ebalulekile ekudleni kwamaJapane ukuthi umbhali walesi sihloko ubhekisela kuyo. Ngokokwaziswa kwamuva, umuntu waseJapane ovamile uthola izingxenye ezintathu kuphela zeshumi zephesenti lamaprotheni enyameni yomkhomo.
Lapho ngihlala eJapane eminyakeni yangemva kwempi, ngisho nasekuqaleni kweminyaka engamashumi amahlanu, abantu abampofu kakhulu kuphela ababethenga i-jira eshibhile - inyama yomkhomo. Bambalwa abantu abayithanda ngempela - iningi lamaJapane aliyithandi le nyama enamafutha ngokweqile. Manje njengoba izinzuzo "zesimangaliso somnotho waseJapane" sezifinyelele kubasebenzi abavamile baseJapane, zibakhuphula ezikhundleni zezisebenzi ezikhokhelwa kakhulu emhlabeni, kunengqondo ukucabanga ukuthi, nabo, bakhetha ukudla imikhiqizo yenyama ehlungiwe kakhulu kune- inyama edumile yokujira. Eqinisweni, ukusetshenziswa kwenyama yaseJapane kukhuphukele phezulu kangangokuthi, ngokusho kwababukeli, iJapane kule nkomba ingeyesibili kuphela e-United States namuhla.
Iqiniso elidabukisayo liwukuthi kulezi zinsuku, amaJapane namaRussia ayaqhubeka, engayinaki imibhikisho yomphakathi womhlaba, ukuqothula imikhomo ikakhulukazi ukuze bathole imikhiqizo esetshenziswa lapho kwenziwa ukupholisha izicathulo, izimonyo, umanyolo, ukudla kwezilwane ezifuywayo, izimboni. amafutha kanye neminye imikhiqizo. , okuyinto, ngaphandle kokukhetha, engatholakala ngenye indlela.
Konke lokhu okungenhla akusisekeli nakancane isamba esikhulu seprotheni yezilwane esidliwa abantu baseMelika, kanye namaqiniso alandelayo okubulawa kwezingulube, izinkomo nezinkukhu ezinikeza lezi zibalo ezidliwayo. Ngifuna nje ukudonsa ukunaka komfundi ekutheni asikho nesisodwa kulezi zilwane esingesohlobo olusengozini, kuyilapho Imikhomo isengcupheni yokushabalala!
Kuyaziwa ukuthi imikhomo iyizilwane ezincelisayo zasolwandle ezithuthuke kakhulu, ngokungangabazeki azinalo ulaka futhi zomele igazi uma kuqhathaniswa nabantu. Ama-whalers ngokwawo ayavuma ukuthi esimweni sabo sengqondo ngenzalo, imikhomo ifana ncamashi nabantu. Pho abadwebi bemikhomo baseJapane bangasho kanjani ukuthi imikhomo iziphatha njengezinhlanzi kukho konke?
Okubaluleke nakakhulu kulo mongo iqiniso lokuthi kanye nokuhlakanipha, imikhomo nayo inesimiso sezinzwa esithuthuke kakhulu, esibenza bakwazi ukuzwa uhla oluphelele lokuhlupheka nobuhlungu obungokomzimba. Zama ukucabanga ukuthi kunjani lapho i-harpoon iqhuma ngaphakathi kwakho! Maqondana nalokhu, ubufakazi bukaDkt. GR Lilly, udokotela owayesebenzela umkhumbi wama-whaling waseBrithani eSouth Seas:
“Kuze kube namuhla, ukuzingela imikhomo kusebenzisa indlela yasendulo neyobuqaba ekuboniseni isihluku sakho ... Kwesinye isikhathi engake ngasibona, kwathatha. amahora amahlanu namahabhu ayisishiyagalolunye ukubulala umkhomo wesifazane, naye owayesesigabeni sokugcina sokukhulelwa".
Noma cabanga ngemizwa yamahlengethwa, isiphetho sawo siwukushaywa aze afe ngezinduku, ngoba yile ndlela kuyisiko ukuba abadobi baseJapane babhekane nawo. Izithombe zakamuva kumaphephandaba athwebule abadobi bebulala lezi zilwane ezincelisayo ezithuthuke kakhulu ngezinkulungwane futhi bejikijela izidumbu zabo emshinini omkhulu wokugaya inyama, futhi. hhayi ukudliwa abantu, kodwa ukudla kwezilwane nomanyolo! Okwenza isibhicongo samahlengethwa sinyanyeke ikakhulukazi iqiniso elamukelwa umhlaba wonke lokuthi lezi zidalwa eziyingqayizivele bezilokhu zinesibopho esikhethekile nabantu. Phakathi namakhulu eminyaka, izinganekwane zisifinyelela mayelana nendlela amahlengethwa amsindisa ngayo umuntu osenkingeni.
U-Jacques Cousteau uthwebule ukuthi amahlengethwa e-Mauritania nase-Afrika aletha kanjani izinhlanzi kubantu, futhi isazi semvelo u-Tom Garrett ukhuluma ngezizwe zase-Amazon eziye zafinyelela ku-symbiosis namahlengethwa kangangokuthi azivikela kuma-piranha nakwezinye izingozi. Izinganekwane, izinganekwane, izingoma nezinganekwane zabantu abaningi emhlabeni zidumisa “ingokomoya nomusa”; lezi zidalwa. U-Aristotle wabhala ukuthi “lezi zidalwa zihlukaniswa ngamandla aphakeme okunakekela kwabazali bazo.” Imbongi engumGreki u-Oppian yathuka labo abaphakamisa izandla zabo ngokumelene nehlengethwa emigqeni yayo:
Ukuzingela amahlengethwa kuyanyanyisa. Owabulala ngamabomu, Akasenalungelo lokuncenga onkulunkulu ngomthandazo, Abayikwemukela iminikelo yakhe, Ecasulwa yileli cala. Ukuthinta kwakhe kuyongcolisa i-altare kuphela, Ebukhoneni bakhe uyobahlambalaza Bonke abaphoqeleka ukuba bahlanganyele naye indawo yokukhosela. Yeka ukuthi kuyisinengiso kangakanani ukubulawa komuntu phambi konkulunkulu, Babuka ngokulahla eziqongweni zabo Labo ababulala amahlengethwa - Ababusi bolwandle.