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Special Retreat Thailand July 2007
Rosemary
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Regarding Food Reflection, specifically on recognizing that living beings must necessarily die to produce all food, and Kamma or Morality reflection -- that actions produce results and results are reliant on our intentions. I found moral shame and dread arising at the thought of eating animals deliberately killed for food despite understanding that we can't avoid living beings dying in order that we eat, and problems in considering others' intention, e.g. how a fisherman makes a living by killing. A farmer may deliberately use a pesticide to grow vegetables or fruit, so we buy organic food where no chemicals are used, so that the only deaths are accidental, not intentional. What is the Kammic result of a butcher who slaughters pigs, cows, chickens for a living? Surely it's straight to the hell realms? Monks just eat what is given, but by choosing what I eat, what I buy, I affect the people who sell the food.
Ref: 2007.07.x.07.03
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