[Buddha-l] karma offset?

Chris Fynn cfynn at gmx.net
Mon Aug 17 22:09:19 MDT 2009


Richard Hayes wrote:

> On Aug 17, 2009, at 6:16 AM, Jayarava wrote:
> 
>> If you are running the engine your state of mind is entirely  
>> irrelevant to what comes out the tail pipe. Such statements seem  
>> entirely ridiculous whatever the context.

> There is a website http://atmosfair.de that enables a traveler to  
> calculate the amount of carbon emissions involved in a jet flight. I  
> just discovered that a round trip flight between Albuquerque and  
> Amsterdam's Luchthaven Schiphol will put about as much carbon into the  
> air as driving an automobile for three years. How many mantras will I  
> have to say to offset my upcoming trip to the Netherlands? Should I  
> consider canceling the trip? Or should I consider going by bicycle or  
> canoe?

Train and ship would be a sensible way to go - if they are still running 
them.

- Chris





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