[Buddha-l] Re: on eating meat

[Joy Vriens]

Mike Austin wrote:

>> One acts with ones body, not with ones intentions or imagination, 
>> otherwise those lama's would have to flee from Tibet. There 
>> imagination was a lot stronger then Mao's. This maybe materialistic, 
>> but it's a simple truth. One even cannot read or have intentions 
>> without a nervous system.
>> erik

> 1. Mind is the forerunner of all actions.
>    All deeds are led by mind, created by mind.
>    If one speaks or acts with a corrupt mind, suffering follows,
>    As the wheel follows the hoof of an ox pulling a cart.
> 
> 2. Mind is the forerunner of all actions.
>    All deeds are led by mind, created by mind.
>    If one speaks or acts with a serene mind, happiness follows,
>    As surely as one's shadow.

Were we acting when we were born? What is acting?