[Buddha-l] Re: on eating meat

[Gad Horowitz]

humans accumulate karma in the recurrent bodymind, no?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Paris" <parisjm2004 at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 10:07 AM
Subject: Re: [Buddha-l] Re: on eating meat


> I find the idea that an animal can "accumulate karma" very puzzling.
> Where does the karma accumulate? 
> 
> For that matter, where do humans accumulate karma? If not a soul, or
> something else metaphysical, then where? 
> 
> I like Buddhism, but find the doctrinal aspects confusing to say the
> least. 
> 
> 
> 
> Michael
> 
> 
> --- Jim Peavler <jpeavler at mindspring.com> wrote:
> 
> [snip]
> > 
> >  I will have to admit that my question about karma was phony since
> the 
> > classical notion of karma doesn't make much sense to me for humans 
> > or animals (although I do believe that bad acts usually cause
> > suffering).
> 
> 
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