[Buddha-l] Re: on eating meat

[Andrew Skilton]

Thur 20th October Jim Peavler wrote:

>Thank you for your very reasonable and well-considered answer. I will 
have to admit that my question about karma was phony since the 
classical notion of karma doesn't make much sense to me for humans or 
animals (although I do believe that bad acts usually cause suffering).

Phoney or not it was welcome. I agree that it has its limitations and like you
think that bad acts cause suffering. As to the extent and mechanism of that
causation, maybe our metaphors need to change with cultural and technological
evolution. 

Andrew





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