Embracing (your God's name) when running into emergency

Chinese has a saying: "Embracing Buddha's leg when running into emergency" for people who do not really care about their religious belief when they have no urgent problem in life.  It is the opposite of "fair weather friend" to God or deity.

My old classmate John in Hong Kong runs into a few obstacles since the Year of Rat (2020) comes.  Lately he has abdominal pain when waking up in the morning.  He went to a hospital, did some tests and was waiting for the results.

A Hongkonger runs into this situation usually may also consult a fortune-teller or go to a temple to do a divination to find out what is the problem.  But John is an atheist and does not care much.

However, his wife Mary believes in Buddhism and Daoism.  She thinks John's horse animal sign clashing current year's Grand Duke (rat sign), is the cause of his problems.  She told him to go to a temple to pray and make offering to Grand Duke.

Mary took John to a temple and found it is closed to the public due to the coronavirus.  It seems his "embracing Grand Duke's leg when running into emergency" attempt does not pan out.

John told me his Grand Duke problem while chatting online with me.  He does not know I do Grand Duke Talisman charity drive every year.  So I have sent him the GD talisman file.

 The next day John told me the following:

If you run into many obstacles and problems in 2020, it is not too late for you to "embrace Grand Duke's leg" for relief.  Check the article below for details.

http://kenlaifengshui.blogspot.com/2016/12/what-is-house-violating-grand-duke-in.html

Ken Lai
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Life is priceless-- including a rat's life

YouTuber "Guitar Singapore Travels" has posted a video about a Hong Kong democracy protestor trying to save a tear-gassed street rat on Nov. 4, 2019.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puB4aE0xSLc&feature=youtu.be
 
"Perhaps the rat had taken in too much tear gas?? Welcome to Hong Kong in November 2019, where protestors try to resuscitate street rats!!" The introduction posted by the YouTuber.

This video was reposted in the "Pet Section" of the linhkg.com forum. It has drawn some interesting comments listed below:

"Young people are really kind"
年輕人真係好善良

"Very sad....
Actually, besides rodents, tear gas also affects many homeless cats and dogs.
When will the environmental and animal protection groups come out to condemn (tear-gas proliferation)?"
好慘。。
其實除左老鼠 tg都影響好多流浪貓狗。。
環保同動物組織幾時出黎踢遣責

"Demonstrator even saves a rat.
Damn rogue police beats and shots people at sight"
示威者連老鼠都救
死黑警見人就打用開槍

"If you have personally participated any street demonstration here, you know the demonstrators are full of love and warmth; showing concern about you and protecting pedestrians.
Today one even rubbed the back of a rat :~(
Very touching." 
只要親身上過街嘅人都會知示威者係充滿愛，好warm,會關心你，保護路人
今日仲會幫老鼠掃背:~(
好感動

"(This) brother is full of compassion.
Hope he will be healthier after touching this rat."
巴打好有愛心
希望掂完隻老鼠仲身體健康

"Later this rat will show its gratitude by chewing the popo (police) to death"
遲啲老鼠報恩，咬撚死班popo

" Like the rat in Cinderella, (this rat) will go to your home doing household work for you to repay your kindness." 
去你屋企報答你
好似灰姑娘啲老鼠咁幫你做家務

Hong Kong is under turmoil since June when the Hong Kong government had tried to push an unpopular extradition law that would legitimize China to extradite Hong Kong citizens to stand trial in Chinese courts. Hong Kong people have organized hundreds of demonstrations and protests against this law. These protests are countered with unprecedented violence and police brutality. In addition to around 5000 shots of rubber and bean bag bullets, over 5000 tear-gas bombs are shot in downtown, universities and residential areas. 4000 or more protestors, mostly young people, were arrested with a large number of them suffering serious injuries like head and bone fractures due to unchecked police brutality. Abnormal increases of "suicides" by drowning at sea and jumping from buildings have occurred in the last few months. Harmful chemicals like cyanide and dioxin emitted from tear-gas bombs are contaminating densely populated areas, hurting plants, wildlife and human beings.  

Around the same time this video was posted, cases of plague were reported in Beijing, China.

The Year of Rat will arrive next February. Rat is the Grand Duke or king of 2020.

May the universe bring peace to people and animals.


Ken Lai