Insightful as always, CG. Good to see you here!Clueless Git wrote: Those who know what it is like to be free of both will undoubtedly vote that the worse of the two is meat.
Om mani padme hum
Keith
Insightful as always, CG. Good to see you here!Clueless Git wrote: Those who know what it is like to be free of both will undoubtedly vote that the worse of the two is meat.
Thank you for those kind words Keith. It's good to see you here too, you old Hippy, you!KeithBC wrote:Insightful as always, CG. Good to see you here!Clueless Git wrote: Those who know what it is like to be free of both will undoubtedly vote that the worse of the two is meat.
Om mani padme hum
Keith
'Lo Catmooncatmoon wrote:The question contains the assumption that both are bad.
I suppose he or she may not like some of the comments or precepts. But the Dharma is not for the faint of heart. The Buddha describes in one discourse some people who are not ready for the Dharma and that includes those not very disciplined and some other factors, I don't have the reference handy right now.catmoon wrote:Suppose there is someone reading this thread who has had no exposure Buddhism. And suppose he just got home after dinner at the pub. What do suppose he would make of Buddhism after reading the title of this thread?
You eat your mothers and make it public?Namu Butsu wrote:I eat meat and drink sake
Namo Amida butsu
Wow. You guys really need to get a gripKeithBC wrote:Insightful as always, CG. Good to see you here!Clueless Git wrote: Those who know what it is like to be free of both will undoubtedly vote that the worse of the two is meat.
Om mani padme hum
Keith
Meat consumption directly fuels and supports an industry that ghoulishly murders countless innocent animals that have already been tortured and mistreated continually since their birth.m0rl0ck wrote:Wow. You guys really need to get a gripKeithBC wrote:Insightful as always, CG. Good to see you here!Clueless Git wrote: Those who know what it is like to be free of both will undoubtedly vote that the worse of the two is meat.
Om mani padme hum
Keith
Whens the last time you heard about a guy having a few hot dogs during a football game and then beating up his wife after his team lost?
Or how about someone eating a huge steak and killing a few innocents because they couldnt control their car?
Are you an enlightened master living in Tibet? Do you even live in Tibet?Namu Butsu wrote:Huseng you may want to read the book "The Vegetarian Myth"
Wasn't there many enlightened tibetan masters who ate meat? hmmm...perhaps your new rules takes away their buddhahood.
Gassho
Namo AMida Butsu
Neither are bad per se.Luke wrote:I'm curious to find out how people view drinking alcohol in comparison to eating meat. Which one do you think is worse?
Personally I agree but I would not push this on people.Huseng wrote:If you are healthy and live in a place where a vegetarian diet is easily done, you should refrain from consuming meat.
Many. It was and still is the norm although with the Karmapa's example may be changing.Namu Butsu wrote:Wasn't there many enlightened tibetan masters who ate meat?
If one is practicing tantra at this level (Highest Yoga Tantra or Mahayoga tantra and above) then one also has the commitment to see all things in pure view so all activities are tantric activities so the office party is in fact (or should in fact be) experienced as a tantric feast.TMingyur wrote:An office party isn't a tantric ritual, right?