Dogs converted to Buddhist faith
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(2 Jun 2010)
AP Television
Hong Kong, 29 May 2010
1. People and their dogs walking on mountain to the Thai temple in Tai Po, Hong Kong
2. Various low shots of poodle walking
3. Mid dog carried by owner
4. Various Candy Tsang, the dog owner carrying her dog arriving at temple
5. Wide back shot of people and their dogs sitting in front of Thai monks
6. Mid of a Buddha statue
7. Low shot a dog lying on ground, monks chanting at background
8. Mid monks chanting
9. Wide back shot of monks sitting on a stage
10. Low shot of Candy Tsang holding her dog "Mashmellow" praying
11. Various dog owners praying with their pets
12. Close of candles, and flowers
13. Mid of a squirrel dog resting inside a handbag
14. Mid Setup shots of Monk Phra Nathakom Nandhago
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Phra Nathakom Nandhago, Monk:
"The dog automatically gets the training by the owner, if the owner has precepts, they also follow that way. The owner have love, they also get the love and express the love. The owner polite, they always polite, always nice. It's kind of like the direct transcends. Whatever you behave, they take on. Like the baby, whatever you behave, you honest, you sincere, you care�..that feeling."
16. Wide Nelson Lam, Chairman of Hong Kong Kennel Club, playing with a dog
17. Close up dog
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Nelson Lam, Chairman of Hong Kong Kennel Club:
"If they go, the grief that the owner experience will be no different from any family members, and that's my experience and many other dog owners' experience as well. In fact, it covers the cats as well as all animal. So that's the reason why we do that. And the owners take the precept from the religious, the Buddhist religion, on behalf of the dog, so the dogs become Buddhists themselves, you see what I mean, and so if they go, then they probably go to a better land."
19. Wide monks chanting
20. Tilt up Candy Tsang, dog owner, praying
21. Wide statues
22. Close a poodle dog sticking its tongue out
23. Wide monks splashing water at the owners and dogs
24. Wide Candy Tsang giving flowers to monks
25. SOUNDBITE (Cantonese) Candy Tsang, 35, dog owner:
"It's because I can't help her after she dies. When she is alive�.I take care of the dog with love and for a lifetime, I hope that after she dies, she can be reincarnated to human-being."
26. Wide Candy Tsang taking photo of her dog
27. Close of Candy 's dog Mashmellow
28. Various award certificate of Candy's previous dog "Mui Mui"
29. Pan from a photo of dogs to a group photo of Candy's family and dogs
30. Close group photo of Candy's family and dogs
31. Wide Candy calling her dog Mashmellow to come, tilt down dog walking to Candy
32. Close Candy feeding her dog Mashmellow with snacks
33. Wide photos of dogs hanging on wall
34. Mashmellow jumping over Candy's leg
35. Various Candy playing with Mashmellow
LEAD IN:
Pet dogs in Hong Kong are being converted to Buddhism.
Owners, worried about their pet's life after death, are introducing their dogs to the Buddhist faith in the hope that they will enter the "Place of Great Bliss" after they die.
STORYLINE:
It's a hot, sunny day in Hong Kong and these dog owners are making the pilgrimage to the Thai Buddhist temple in Tai Po.
They come here for one purpose - to make their dogs Buddhists.
During the ceremony, monks from Thailand chant for peace, blessing both the dogs and their owners.
The ceremony takes almost two hours. The animal participants stay calm in such hot weather - the monks say their chants are good for both the humans and the animals.
Monk Phra Nathakom Nandhago says owners can pass on their Buddhist practice to dogs.
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