Bill,
I understand that as one of the perversions of some Buddhist sects.
Hindu as well. Often certain despised subclasses of people such as
the Burakumin in Japan were traditionally relegated to such bad
karmic professions by the upper classes in the perverse belief they
could escape bad karma that way even if they profited from or ate the
results of the slaughterl
Edgar
On Dec 21, 2008, at 4:39 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
Edgar, I agree with you, but I must report that Buddhist monks in
Thailand
do eat meat but are forbidden to kill or cook it. They also smoke but
cannot light their own cigarette. (This last half is a joke, but
the first
half is true.)
I think the key to the Christian comment you made is that the TRULY
repent
their sins. Then they are forgiven. Of course if they truly repent
their
sins you'd think they wouldn't commit them anymore.
...Bill!
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf
Of Edgar Owen
Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 8:26 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Zen] Ducks Have Buddha Nature?
Anthony,
This is a very perverted idea, that one can eat meat without karmic
guilt,
if you let someone else do the killing for you and let him get the bad
karma.
It is just as bad as fundamentalists Christian belief that it is OK
to sin
over and over if at the end one repents his sins and accepts Christ
he will
be saved.
Both are perversions.
Edgar
On Dec 21, 2008, at 4:22 AM, Anthony Wu wrote:
I believe 'Buddha nature' is a mahayana Buddhism's creation. I have
not
found original Buddhism literature mentioning the term. Some go as
far as
insisting that even stone has Buddha nature. Let us limit ourselves to
sentient beings only who have Buddha nature. That means all animals,
including roaches and vermin. When a pond was filled with water to
kill
insects, the Buddha allowed it, because the purpose was to clean
the place,
not to kill. By the same token, if we eat meat bought from a
supermarket, we
create little bad karma, because we don't do the killing. So
animals are not
created to be food. Therefore, Jesus says, 'don't kill sacrifice
animals.
Use my blood, to donate to God.' That is the highest ideal.. It is
best to
be a vegetarian. If you cannot resist eating delicious meat, try
not to
cause to kill, to avoid creating bad karma. Good luck.
--- On Sat, 20/12/08, Karin Machado <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Karin Machado <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Zen] Ducks Have Buddha Nature?
To: [email protected]
Date: Saturday, 20 December, 2008, 9:54 PM
Are some animals created to be food and therefore have no Buddha
Nature? Are
plants and insects without Buddha Nature because they are at the
bottom of
the food chain??
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