[Buddha-l] Can Buddhists quit smoking?

[Michael Paris]

Indeed.

My wife - a severe asthmatic - finds incense of almost all kinds
intolerable. 

The last time we took my elderly mother to Roman Catholic church the
incense nearly caused her to have a major attack. Praise God and pass
the emergency inhaler (thank God for those).

No one ever thinks of people with respiratory difficulties, and there
are many more besides asthma. Not all disabilities are overt. 

I won't go into those hellish candle stores in the malls whose chemical
"scents" are worse than decaying organic matter. Or shops that burn
incense. 

Nor will I mention smokers, for whom I trust a very special place in
the afterlife is reserved.


Michael



--- jkirk <jkirk at spro.net> wrote:

>  
> Hey hey--right on, lady! 
> Heartily agree that incense needs to be banned for public meetings
> wherever people take baths (our ancestors being close to the apes or
dogs for
> never bathing-- except when forced to)--or where insulated buildings
are
> the norm.
> 
> Most retreat centers have a rule also not to wear scent of any
> kind--colognes, perfumes, lotions-- because many people are allergic
> to such, but I've noticed this doesn't always stop them from lighting
up
> the incense :(
> Joanna 



       
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