[Buddha-l] on eating meat

[curt]

I consider "little rituals" like that part of the folkways of Buddhism. 
There is a "little ritual" that Korean Buddhists sometimes perform when 
killing a bug - you say "Ji Jang Bosal" and then, well, splat, and then 
"Ji Jang Bosal" a few more times. "Ji Jang Bosal" is the Korean name for 
Kshitigharba Bodhisattva - who, at least in Korean Buddhism, acts as a 
"psychopomp" during the transition between lifetimes. The interesting 
thing is that one says "Ji Jang Bosal" not for one's own sake, but for 
the bug's sake. Chanting "Ji Jang Bosal" is considered a way to help 
someone who has died to have a "good" incarnation next time around.

Also, once a student of Seung Sahn (the Korean Zen Master) accidentally 
ran over a racoon while driving. The student was very upset and Seung 
Sahn consoled him by saying "if you chant Namu Amita Bul seven times the 
racoon will come back as a monk", or something like that (the idea being 
that going from racoon to monk would be a good thing). "Namu Amita Bul" 
is the Korean form of "nembutsu".

- Curt

Joy Vriens wrote:

> Mike Austin wrote:
>
>> 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?
>
>
> When I was still a monk I was taught a little ritual and a mantra that 
> would purify the negative karma accumulated by eating meat, which is 
> perhaps an indirect answer to your question.
>
> Joy
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