[Buddha-l] Re: on eating meat

[Jim Peavler]

On Oct 23, 2005, at 10:55 AM, Mike Austin wrote:

>  What is the purpose of being the best person one can be now if there 
> is no time over which this 'best' can manifest - or even be deemed to 
> be a 'best'?

The reduction of dukkha?


Jim Peavler

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little
temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

     -- Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), reply of the Pennsylvania
     Assembly to the Governor, November 11, 1755