Dear Dave I'm not entirely sure that Vedic philosophy extends to ruling out a distinction between living and non-living. For example there is an ancient Vedic verse which states that all life exists to be consumed. Presumably meaning that the end result of the food chain is that we are all dead (non-living). The Buddhist schools, however, would concentrate on Karmic reincarnations through the device of the "immortal soul" etc.
Sarbajit On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 1:53 AM, Prof David West <profw...@fastmail.fm>wrote: > Nick - I am too much a Vedic/Buddhist to take seriously the idea that > there distinction between "living" and "non-living." But not to despair > - the end result is all living. > > davew >
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