[Buddha-l] on eating meat

[Timothy Bovee/DayPoems]

My aplogies. I was forwarding these posts to my son in Fukuoka, Japan. (But
the "these guys are so good sometimes" sentiment is sincere.)

Tim
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On 10/17/05, Timothy Bovee/DayPoems <tbovee at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Interesting post from the BUDDHA-L academic Buddhism list. A second one
> follows. These guys are so good sometimes.
>
> Papa
>
> On 10/17/05, curt <curt at cola.iges.org> wrote:
> >
> > Tibetan monks do not practice vegetarianism as a general rule and I am
> > pretty sure that the Dalai Lama eats meat more than once a week. I heard
> > him speak once and he was asked this question (it was funny hearing
> > several thousand Buddhists groan all at once when he was asked "the
> > vegetarian question") and he said he was a vegetarian "50% of the time".
> > You should remember that the Dalai Lama is the avatar of Avalokitesvara,
> >
> > the freaking Bodhisattva of Compassion - so if he (she?) doesn't have to
> > be a vegetarian, why should the rest of us get all worked up about it??
> >
> > The great Tibetan saint/sage Milarepa did in fact practice and encourage
> >
> > vegetarianism - but as far as I know it never caught on in his lineage -
> > Kagyu. Eating meat is pretty much a matter of survival in a cold place
> > like Tibet. But Milarepa was able to generate his own heat magically, so
> >
> > I think that's why he was able to be a vegetarian. Personally I consider
> > that cheating.
> >
> > - Curt
> >
> > Laura Castell wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > I've been following this thread with attention because I think we
> > > (people) tend to live with many contradictions between what we do and
> > > what we 'pray' or think is correct, often not being aware of these
> > > contradictions, and the case of eating meat is usually one. I think
> > > it is basically the same attitude that drives us to use air
> > > conditioning, waste water, produce lots of waste, etc etc. But the
> > > point I want to make in this message is that I read in one of the many
> >
> > > books by The Dalai Lama that he eats meat once a week for health
> > > reasons. At least in the interview there was no mention of killing
> > > the animal in a special way or anything like that. It made me wonder
> > > though. Should I assume that someone like The Dalai Lama would
> > > (obviously) take that into consideration or am I being idealistic?
> > > Sometimes I think I expect perfection from people who practice
> > > Buddhism, but they are people like us (in other words, full of
> > > imperfections!) and are in the road of learning, aren't they?
> > > Best wishes, Laura
> > >
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