[Buddha-l] on eating meat

[Mike Austin]

In message <1129733231.4522.13.camel at localhost.localdomain>, Richard P. 
Hayes <rhayes at unm.edu> writes
>On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 07:28 +0100, Mike Austin wrote:
>
>> I am not entering the debate here,  but can you cite a reference - or a
>> quote from His Holiness - that says eating meat, or buying meat, is bad
>> karma? This was the original question that started this spate of posts.
>
>So you seek a fatwa from the Dalia Lama in which he says in so many
>words "Eating meat is bad karma"? Does this not strike you as a
>remarkably limited and unimaginative way of looking at an important
>issue?

No, but I do see your comment as a remarkably limited and unimaginative 
response to a sincere request for a reference - not just from the Dalai 
Lama - that can clarify whether eating or buying meet is bad karma.

Now, any sensible replies out there?

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Metta
Mike Austin