Guest guest Posted July 13, 2001 Report Share Posted July 13, 2001 Hi everyone, Just "as seen here" -- ahimsa means nonharming. Eating meat is not outside the spirit of ahimsa, as meat is not living and cannot be harmed by eating, burying, drowning, cooking or discarding -- whatever is done to meat, it is not susceptible to suffering and therefore cannot be harmed. Certainly, others will see 'ahimsa' to mean something other than its literal definition 'nonharming'. Seen here, that's fine. If these others even wish to 'push' their view of ahimsa to include strict veganism or vegetarianism, that's OK too -- i don't mind a bit. Keep in mind, however, that to attempt to impose a belief upon another could be looked at as a sort of violence. Namaste, Omkara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 13, 2001 Report Share Posted July 13, 2001 , "Omkara" <coresite@h...> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > Just "as seen here" -- ahimsa means nonharming. Eating meat is not > outside the spirit of ahimsa, as meat is not living and cannot be > harmed by eating, burying, drowning, cooking or discarding -- > whatever is done to meat, it is not susceptible to suffering and > therefore cannot be harmed. Hey there, As in vipassana teaching, complicity is the same thing as the action. Also even if one has an insensitivity and lack of awareness to the suffering of animals, one cannot avoid the samskaric vibrations of the animal. This includes the animal tendencies in the flesh itself and the horrible vibrations of fear, agony, loss of loved ones etc that go into the flesh in the killing process. Not including the chemicals at a more gross level. According to all the great teachers, these samskaras impede the final realisation. For even one is a thought, and even one thought prevents realisation. Without a purified buddhi there is no realisation, or as the buddhists say 'sila' is absolutely necessary, so does Ramana. However if your awareness sheath is underdeveloped you will not appreciate this post. Get rid of those samskaras, sankharas...Hu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 13, 2001 Report Share Posted July 13, 2001 , "Omkara" <coresite@h...> wrote: > > Certainly, others will see 'ahimsa' to mean something other than its > literal definition 'nonharming'. Seen here, that's fine. If these > others even wish to 'push' their view of ahimsa to include strict > veganism or vegetarianism, that's OK too -- i don't mind a bit. > > Keep in mind, however, that to attempt to impose a belief upon > another could be looked at as a sort of violence. Thank you for the good reminder, Omkara ! Love, A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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