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Re: Thoughts on bill roaches comments about 'paedophiles victims' are caused because of PAST LIVES??
(Quote) That doesn't necessarily settle the question, though. Millions of Buddhists could be mistaken in their understanding of the Dhamma. Appeal to the majority (argumentum ad populum) is a fallacy… (View Post)
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Re: Gautama Buddha: deadbeat dad?
I tend to see the choice to get married and/or have children as a binding commitment to the welfare of all involved. Not honoring it (i.e. by failing to support the children one has brought into the … (View Post)
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Re: Meat Eating and Mahayana
If the Thai sangha imposed a requirement of vegetarianism, it would actually be contravening the Buddha's own teachings. The monks would in effect be followers of Devadatta, who created a schism over… (View Post)
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Re: Meat Eating and Mahayana
Hi Black Tea, I'm not sure we entirely disagree. I didn't compare meat-eating to eating vegetable matter, or suggest that killing an animal is no different from killing a plant. What I said was that … (View Post)
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Re: Meat Eating and Mahayana
All going too far, in my view. If by buying meat one is participating in the karma of the meat industry, then by the same principle we must say that buying grains and vegetables is participating in t… (View Post)
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