tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post319352729422515706..comments2024-03-28T14:11:24.265-07:00Comments on dhamma musings: Problematic VegetarianismShravasti Dhammikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06246408068143301108noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-73792496260254424792013-01-01T21:52:19.615-08:002013-01-01T21:52:19.615-08:00I just found your interesting blog. I learn about ...I just found your interesting blog. I learn about budhism for about 3 years, and im absolutely agree with you, if just become vegetarian is not enough to improve the dharma way. <br /><br />I saw too with my eyes when im in Bodhgaya India, how budhism become very materialistic consumption there, far from the true meaning of enlighmentfull with simplicity and peace,<br /><br />Greet from IndonesiaMareta Kusumaningrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12849842583202373163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-2789818373956371302012-11-25T00:01:52.825-08:002012-11-25T00:01:52.825-08:00I can recall a certain vegan society secretary inv...I can recall a certain vegan society secretary inviting me to one of their monthly social gatherings which i attended more out of politness than interest. In the 1960's the advertising industry came up with the term "limp,damaged hair" to describe the state of someones hair before using their advertised shampoo or hair conditioner product. At the Vegan meeting was a family with primary school aged children. These kids had "real" limp damaged hair and waxy pallid complexions reminiscent of the survivors of the nazi death camps. They also seemed to be devoid of the playful energy of kids their age. To top it all off the president of said society seemed to have the largest carbunkel or boil on his head. The chap who invited me along walked around almost continuously swatting flies and there were macabre "chandeliers" of fly paper hanging from the ceiling with their long dead captives still in evidence. The flies seemed to be attracted to an open air larder of vegetables without preventative mesh or screens to exclude the hapless insects. The whole proceedings had the air of some kind of cinematic comedy that Peter Sellers could have well been cast in. Another friend of mine was not a declared Vegan but as good as, and had a similar attitude and in his kitchen were similar bins of vegetables, only he refrained from killing, sorry, "harming all living beings" such that when you walked into the kitchen area you could hear the audible scurrying of hundreds, if not thousands of cockroaches of all shapes and sizes as they disappeared from view. This friend of mine was kind enough to accomodate me for a few nights as he had moved interstate from where I first knew him. At night I slept in a sleeping bag on the floor adjacent the kitchen area and was amused by the passing parade of rather large cockroaches at eye level on the floor as they went about their business in the darkeness. Often times this kind of obsession with so called organic, macrobiotic(remember that one?) vegan etc etc foods is in my opinion often an expression of a kind of neurotic hypochondria and at least some if not more of these people tend to exhibit an allmost continual obsession with health and bodily functions,urine as a medicine, bowel movements and sometimes ailements such as aenemia/ lethargy which could probably be avoided by a balanced diet. All of the above were long term avowed Buddhists, which is how i knew them in the first place and all were generous and helpful people, but seemingly caught up in some sort of obsession over rather trivial issues that in a country less affluent, would have been seen to be proposterous. funny old world aint it?brahmaviharahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03882669862432841797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-53390333558106549952012-11-24T12:20:02.590-08:002012-11-24T12:20:02.590-08:00I’ve more than once come close to being hit over t...I’ve more than once come close to being hit over the head with a soya schnitzel by a strict vegetarian (a close family member). Each time I think I’ve started off talking about the leather in their shoes, or how--on a microscopic level--each step we take unleashes incalculable death and suffering . Okay, I can see this argument may easily be unraveled, but still…where do you draw the line? Basically everything that comes into existence will cease to exist. It can’t be prevented and at every moment we’re contributing to this process. It would be rather naïve to walk around thinking just because you don’t eat meat you’ve dropped out of the equation. <br /><br />Actually, I’m no meat advocate, very rarely touch the stuff, but I agree that that it is rather tragically comic when people start spouting off about why they’re so much more compassionate or wise, or healthy, or anything else because they don’t eat meat.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-3896320158913476752012-11-23T03:43:04.775-08:002012-11-23T03:43:04.775-08:00Dear Venerable,
I remembered reading about Ahimsa...Dear Venerable,<br /><br />I remembered reading about Ahimsa Silk,do check this link.This must be encouraged.<br /><br />http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2011/01/04/taking-the-violence-out-of-silk/<br /><br />RegardsBloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07271910141016847494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-56330611889061192362012-11-23T03:30:35.322-08:002012-11-23T03:30:35.322-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07271910141016847494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1012277645322483593.post-84369022112525464782012-11-22T20:59:39.409-08:002012-11-22T20:59:39.409-08:00You hit the nails on their heads here.
You'll...You hit the nails on their heads here.<br /><br />You'll see monasteries built on what was native jungle, but then they'll talk about how they're eco-friendly and insist on recycling. They'll insist on minimizing A/C use, but then there will be a bunch of SUVs parked out front.<br /><br />The problem really is that internally in Taiwanese Buddhism self-criticism is not really tolerated because of rigid hierarchy and the deference to authority.Jeffrey Kotykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11466850119342584826noreply@blogger.com