Joe, Okay, so from the perspective of the first noble truth, animals are sentient and plants are not; I get this. From the perspective of non-discrimination, however, there is absolutely no difference between me and a plant or a cloud or the cow I eat. I would not exist (at least in my current manifestation) if it weren't for all of these elements, and more (sunshine, fossil fuels. They are all in me and I am in them; the cosmos is in all of us and we are in the cosmos.
Glenn --- In [email protected], "Joe" <desert_woodworker@...> wrote: > > 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] > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
