Life-release practices are common in many Buddhist traditions, but rising environmental concerns have led many to abandon or change their merit-making practices.
Working in collaboration with the eco-activism foundation Ecoton, the Young Buddhist Association of Indonesia held a release ritual in East Java.
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In recent years, the Buddhist practice of life release, or in Chinese, fangsheng (放生), has become a highly contentious topic, pitting life release advocates against environmentalists, animal
