[Buddha-l] Re: on eating meat

[d f tweney]

On Oct 23, 2005, at 10:37 AM, ronleifer at aol.com wrote:

>  Based on what I have heard, simply stated, karma means intentional 
> action and its consequences. Good action benefits one's self and 
> others. Bad action harms.
>

But both "good" and "bad" karma are still karma. The point is not to 
collect good karma and avoid bad karma. The point of Buddhism is to get 
to an awareness that goes beyond karma altogether, no?

Or, as others in this discussion have said, there is no way to live 
without implicating yourself in death of some kind. Even if you don't 
eat meat, your car may have leather seats. Even if you don't ride in 
cars with leather seats, you may purchase your organic cotton garments 
from someone who does eat meat -- and thus, by giving them money, 
facilitate their meat eating. Even if you eat nothing but bread, 
millions of yeast organisms still have  to die in order for you to make 
that bread. You can't avoid cause-and-effect (or karma). The question 
is, are you aware of what you're doing? Then you can make decisions 
about "where to draw the line."

--dylan.