[Buddha-l] Victimized vegans?

Richard Hayes rhayes at unm.edu
Sat May 12 12:20:21 MDT 2007


On Friday 11 May 2007 19:43, brody at math.umd.edu wrote:
> >>>>> "Richard" == Richard Hayes <rhayes at unm.edu> writes:
>
>     Richard> thereby risking uncountable aeons in hell. (One of the
>     Richard> observations in these texts is that ANYONE who says that
>     Richard> it is acceptable for a Buddhist to eat meat under certain
>     Richard> circumstances is misleading people in such a way that
>     Richard> will make it impossible for them to attain nirvana. The
>     Richard> natural consequence of misleading of misleading people in
>     Richard> matters of Dharma is a few uncountable aeons in hell.
>
> Out of curiosity - how do the Tibetans deal with this?

The way the Tibetans deal with everything that is potentially awkward: by 
relegating what one does not like to the level of conventional truth.

-- 
Richard 


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