12 March, <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6441631.stm" target="_blank">BBC online</a>

<font size="2"><em>A group of Buddhist monks in Malaysia is appealing for help to solve a problem with ants.</em></font><font size="2"> Buddhism forbids devotees from harming any living creature. </font>

<font size="2">So the monks are looking for a creative and non-violent solution to deal with the insects, which are biting worshippers. </font>

<font size="2">The monks at the Ang Hock Si Temple, also known as the Hong Hock See temple, in Georgetown on Penang Island have had to learn to live with nature...</font>

<font size="2">T</font><font size="2">he ants are dropping from the temple's sacred bodhi tree onto people meditating below - and when they bite it causes painful swelling. </font>

<font size="2">The Venerable Boon Keng practises what he calls "letting go" meditation  - so he "lets go" of the pain. </font>

<font size="2">But out of consideration for worshippers less far along the path to enlightenment the monks are looking for ways to persuade the ants to go. </font>

<font size="2">An attempt to remove them using a vacuum cleaner failed, so the Buddhist community is appealing for help.   </font>

Full story at the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6441631.stm" target="_blank">BBC</a>

Via <a href="http://2ubh.com" target="_blank">Tim Chapman</a>