I have been witness to the deaths of many animals and humans: seen the wide eyes in terror, smelled the stench, heard the screams, touched the transparent skin, tasted the CO2 blown in chain stokes. I also lay in bed at night and smell the pond outside my window decay; it is the stench of sweet, beautiful death.
--- In [email protected], Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: > > each to his own..and have you cut the throat of an animal and heard it squeal > glenn?...merle > Â > Merle > www.wix.com/merlewiitpom/1 > > > ________________________________ > From: Joe <desert_woodworker@...> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, 27 August 2012 10:20 AM > Subject: [Zen] Re: bone broth > > > Â > 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/
