一 | MIAMI -- A suspended Miami city commissioner who is accused of accepting $245,000 in exchange for voting to approve construction of a sports facility has pleaded not guilty to multiple felony charges, including bribery and money laundering.Alex Diaz de la Portilla did not appear in court Friday, but his attorney, Ben Kuehne, entered the plea for him.Diaz de la Portilla and a co-defendant, Miami attorney William Riley Jr., were arrested Sept. 14.Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended Diaz de la Portilla, who is a fellow Republican, after the commissioner's arrest. Kuehne said Friday that his client was campaigning for the Nov. 7 election to keep his seat on the commission.“We look forward to a vindication of these charges because Alex is not guilty," Kuehne said at the Miami-Dade criminal courthouse, according to the Miami Herald.Kuehne requested that Diaz de la Portilla be tried separately from Riley, WPLG-TV reported.On Friday, Riley's attorney also entered a not guilty plea for his client, who did not appear in court. Riley is accused of being the front for the business that allegedly gave money to the Diaz de la Portilla campaign in exchange for the right to build a sports facility on land that is now a downtown city park.Both men bonded out of jail soon after being arrested, and their next status hearing is Nov. 14. A trial date has not been set.Diaz de la Portilla is a former state legislator and was elected to the city commission in 2019. Investigators said Diaz de la Portilla and Riley accepted more than $15,000 for the Miami-Dade County Court judicial campaign of Diaz de la Portilla’s brother but did not report the money, as required by state law. Riley also controlled a bank account in the name of a Delaware-based corporation to launder about $245,000 in concealed political contributions made by a management services company in exchange for permission to build a sports complex, officials said.Investigators also said Diaz de la Portilla operated and controlled two political committees used both for his brother’s campaign and for personal spending. Records showed one of the committees reported donations of about $2.3 million and the other reported more than $800,000.Diaz de La Portilla and Riley are each charged with one count of money laundering, three counts of unlawful compensation or reward for official behavior, one count of bribery and one count of criminal conspiracy. Diaz de la Portilla is also charged with four counts of official misconduct, one count of campaign contribution in excess of legal limits and two counts of failure to report a gift. Riley is also charged with failure to disclose lobbyist expenses.。 国际素食日，原称“世界无肉日”，最早起源于印度，如今已逐渐成为全球性的重大节日。
二 | 据说，在每年11月25日这一天，世界各地的许多屠宰房会停止宰杀，饭堂、医院、监狱等机构也会供应全素饮食。在当前肉食为主的饮食环境下，在世界范围内提倡食素，除了有营养健康方面的重大意义外，对改善地球生态环境，消除生命歧视和不平等等问题也有深远影响。
三 | 生命皆可贵 我们都知道，自己的生命是可贵的，但我此处要说的是：我们一定要知道所有的生命都是可贵的，包括任何人和任何动物在内。 虽然从人类的角度来讲，一只蚂蚁的生命一文不值，尤其是蚊子等所谓的害虫，更是无胜于有。但如果从这些小生命的角度来思考，则哪怕是一只蚊子，它的生命也比全世界所有的东西更宝贵。
四 | 错误观念，害人害己 人类向来是自私自利的，我们一直认为唯有自己的价值观才是正确的，从来没有生命平等的概念。
五 | 不把动物的生命当成一回事，以为他们等同于蔬菜、植物，想用的时候随便用，想吃的时候随便吃，想玩的时候随便玩，想杀的时候随便杀。在孩子很小的时候，就通过言传身教，给他们灌输这个可以吃、这个肉好吃等理念，无形当中就让孩子养成一看到动物就想着怎样去吃掉的概念。
六 | 熏习的结果就是变得毫无良知，越来越冷血、越来越残暴。最后演变下去，当人类之间稍稍有点利益冲突的时候，也完全可以残酷无情、格杀勿论。 害人者终害己，这种心态发展到一定程度的时候，一定会反过头来毁灭人类自己。从佛教的角度讲，这叫因果报应。
七 | 换位思考，尊重生命 我们要学会尊重所有的生命，不要歧视、伤害其他生命，至少不要去侵犯它们的生存权。 可能很多人不知道养鸡场、养猪场是什么样，更不知道动物被宰的情形又是怎样。告诉大家，那里完全就是一副人间地狱的惨状！为了迅速高产地养出肥大的动物，饲养场喂养动物的方法，都是极其病态、冷酷而又恶心的。动物们生前饱受虐待，得不到一丝温暖；死亡的方式，也是惨不忍睹。 无论有没有信仰、学不学佛，懂得生命之间的平等与尊重，懂得换位思考，是一个人应有的素质。
八 | 只有当地球上的所有生命之间有了相互理解的平等关系，人类才有真正美好的明天。 学佛人，当吃素 如果能够终生吃素是最好的。暂时做不到，能坚持多久就坚持多久，一年、二年、三年……如果实在做不到，就在一年中的神变月（藏历一月一日至十五日）、藏历四月（藏历四月初八是释迦牟尼佛的诞生日）、藏历六月（藏历六月四日是释迦牟尼佛转法轮的日子）和藏历九月（藏历九月二十二日是释迦牟尼佛天降的节日）这四个月内吃素。
九 | 如果连这一点也做不到，那么也可以在每月的初十、十五、二十九、三十这四天不吃肉。一定要发愿：“我现在因为种种原因不能吃长素，但我在这四天（或四个月）里不吃肉，以此四天（或四个月）吃素的功德，愿我以后生生世世不再吃肉！” 素材来源：本文根据慈诚罗珠堪布相关开示编辑整理。 灰色字为小编语。
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