Re: Another story finished, another few words added
From: | Wesley Parish <wes.parish@...> |
Date: | Wednesday, July 23, 2003, 10:56 |
Well, technically - but predatory animals are "karma-impaired" - souls or
bundles of soul matter that have yet to work their way up the ladder.
Like my takes on Judaism and Christianity - I've yet to touch Islam, but then
I don't have nearly enough material on that yet - it's a thought experiement.
Wesley Parish
On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 05:31, you wrote:
> Wesley Parish wrote:
> > That's the sticking point - mind you, the character I've made for my
> > fictional religious experimentation, tries Buddhism at one stage, and
> > since she is Lakhabrech, she comes down with severe anemia and has to be
> > forcefed at some stages.
>
> I know that most Buddhists are vegetarian, but Buddhism doesn't condemn
> carnivorous animals, does it? It seems to me that a predatory animal
> could insist on humane treatment of meat animals, and of not wasting any
> of the meat. Since such a creature couldn't completely avoid meat,
> surely it wouldn't be expected to sacrifice itself?
>
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