Glenn,
One of the Four Noble Truths taught by the Buddha was the reality of
...Suffering.
Animals suffer: Plants do not (seem to suffer).
Maybe, some day, plants will be shown to be equally -- however differently --
as sentient as animals. Then, all vegetarians and vegans will be in some
trouble.
I too am a strict omnivore, Glenn. But I have been in/gone through 10 or 12
year periods of being solely vegetarian, from time to time.
Things keep changing. ;-)
--Joe
> "Glenn Rogers" <rgthiessen@...> wrote:
>
> ...why do monastics (and some lay practitioners) defend not eating meat? They
> still rely on plants for their survival. [snip]
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