Thanks everyone, in the future, i will let them disperse before
cleaning.
Hello sinweiy, I dont think my compassion is very strong I
probably would not do that. :)
I sometimes see insects and animals and recite amituofo to
them hoping they can hear it, but will not kill them. Will this
benefit them?
Strongly encourage you to recite Amituofo to them and dedicate
your merits to them so they will attain rebirth in Amitabha
Buddha's Pureland. This act will not only benefit them, it will
also benefit you. But remember, ultimately it is not so much for
merit per se. It is more of trying to cultivate a genuine desire to
continously practise compassion in our daily lives as shown by
Bodhisattvas and Buddhas.
18th Vow of Amitabha Buddha from Larger Sutra on Amitabha Buddha
(无量寿经)
"If, when I attain Buddhahood, sentient beings in the
lands of the ten quarters who sincerely and joyfully entrust
themselves to me, desire to be born in my land, and call my Name,
even ten times, should not be born there, may I not attain perfect
Enlightenment. Excluded, however, are those who commit the five
gravest offences and abuse the right Dharma".
The Sutra of
Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha's Fundamental Vows, Chapter
7: Benefitting the
Living and the Dead
"..if any sentient
being in the future or at present should be able,
at the end of his life, to hear the name of a Buddha or of
a Bodhisattva or of a Pratyekabuddha, he will gain deliverance and
liberation, whether he is sinful or
innocent.
Should some men or women
not cultivate good karmic causes and commit many sins while living,
but should their relatives-whether junior or senior-perform, on
their behalf, all the blissful, beneficial sacraments, then one out
of every seven parts of the meritorious virtue thus gained will go
to the dead person, while six parts will go to the living
themselves.
For this reason, good men
and good women of the future and the present should cultivate
themselves while they are still healthy so that they may gain every
part of such meritorious virtue".