On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 12:22 AM, Srini RamaKrishnan <[email protected]>wrote:
> I find the ethical shortcomings more problematic - the food I eat > literally becomes me. It used to be unthinkable that someone would > sell food in ancient cultures, including India. Food was always > donated or shared freely, and the karmic imbalance of eating food that > was sold would work its way into your system eventually. If you take > the really long view this isn't so woo woo. I'd be interested in hearing more about this. Which ancient culture(s)? What is the karmic difference between eating food that was sold versus preparing food from ingredients that are sold? Eating sold food makes you a capitalist, shared food a communist, and donated food a Buddhist? -- Charles
