Killing Animals by human..... ( Archived) (136)

Western sense or Eastern sense, no body can change the existing reality on this earth. If you cultivate corn, you can reap corn as the crop. It is the doctrine of the nature. If we do good, the consequence will be good.

I see.

But obviously plants take up their share of the Earth. So, if the farmer directs his land away from raising cattle in favour of growing crops - thus denying the resources of the Earth to animals, in favour of plants - would it not be a sin?

Killing the flesh only releases the spirit, so in essence you've killed nothing, because the spirit is immortal
and in nature its the nutritious flesh that perpetuates the living through its sacrifice until its sacrifice of flesh or life, so its spirit can be free from its host and begin its new life with eternity

One of my best friends has cerebral palsy, I could never accept that this is because he did bad.

The richest and most powerful people in my culture have destroyed it, I could never accept that this is because they did good.

Karma is a meritocracy not reflected by Human nature, in my opinion.

Karma is just another word for "Ego" as with any other word or explanation of something that's of a "not understood reason" created by man like the word "GOD"

Mind precedes all actions and serves as the principal element both in performing and in assessing deeds. It is mind that rules and shapes action. Words and deeds are also produced by mind.
We should think about all the living beings in this universe as human beings and we should do whatever we can for their welfare too.

We have to consider, how the farmer's mind works in that case. If he does it in good intention like for the beneficence of the others, then it won't be a sin. But if he does it for his own sake or the intention is preceded by the greed in his mind, it will be a sin.

Suppose, A rat is caught by a cat and you just save the life of the rat thinking of saving the life of the rat. It will be a Merit. But If you save the rat having the intention of teaching a good lesson to the cat by not allowing it to have its prey, then it will be a sin. See, how does the mind precede of your actions and cause for the consequence.

Buddhism teaches there are five types of factors at work in the cosmos that cause things to happen, called the Five Niyamas. Karma is only one of these factors. Present circumstances are the result of countless factors that are always in flux. There is no single cause that makes everything to be the way it is.
1. Utu Niyama
Utu Niyama is the natural law of non-living matter. This natural law orders the change of seasons and phenomena related to climate and the weather. It explains the nature of heat and fire, soil and gasses, water and wind. Most natural disasters such as floods and earthquakes would be governed by Utu Niyama.
Put into modern terms, Utu Niyama would correlate with what we think of as physics, chemistry, geology, and several sciences of inorganic phenomena. The most important point to understand about Utu Niyama is that the matter it governs is not part of the law of karma and is not overridden by karma. So, from a Buddhist perspective, natural disasters such as earthquakes are not caused by karma.

2. Bija Niyama
Bija Niyama? is the law of living matter, what we would think of as biology. The Pali word bija means "seed," and so Bija Niyama governs the nature of germs and seeds and the attributes of sprouts, leaves, flowers, fruits, and plant life generally.

Some modern scholars suggest that laws of genetics that apply to all life, plant and animal, would come under the heading of Bija Niyama.

3. Kamma Niyama : is the law of moral causation. All of our volitional thoughts, words and deeds create an energy that brings about effects, and that process is called karma.

4. Dhamma Niyama
something like "manifestation of reality" or the nature of existence.
One way to think of Dhamma Niyama is as natural spiritual law. The doctrines of anatta (no self) and shunyata (emptiness) and the marks of existence, for example, would be part of Dhamma Niyama.

5. Citta Niyama(Chiththa Niyama)

Citta, sometimes spelled chitta, means "mind," "heart," or "state of consciousness." Citta Niyama is the law of mental activity -- something like psychology. It concerns consciousness, thoughts, and perceptions.
We tend to think of our minds as "us," or as the pilot directing us through our lives. But in Buddhism, mental activities are phenomena that arise from causes and conditions, like other phenomena.
In the teachings of the Five Skandhas (Eye,Ear,Nose,Tongue,Body) mind is a kind of sense organ, and thoughts are sense objects, in the same way the nose is a sense organ and smells are its objects.

Applies your opinion to your self and then think will it be reasonable ? Anyone can kill you with the intention of releasing your soul to a new life as you said. Do you like if it happens to yourself. Compare it to yourself Sir.

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Ailments(Abadha) Can be occurred;

1. Uthuparinamaja Abadha(Ailments cos of the seasonal changing and climate,weather etc)
2.Waatha Samuttana Abadha (Ailments cos of the Air)
3.Semha Samuttana Abadha (....cos of the phlegm)
4.Piththa Samuttana Abadha (...cos of the bile )
5.Kamma Vipakaja Abadha (....cos of the consequences of bad karma )
6.Paropakkamika Abadha (...Cos of the methods used by others )
7.Vishama Pariharaja abadha ( ...cos of the toxic food drinks,misusing the body and misbehavings etc)

Well its a nice tricky question.
destruction of a life to save another life. If this happens,you are having both consequences of killing an animal and Saving a Child. Good consequences (merit) for saving a life, and the bad consequence (sin) for destructing a life. Two intentions arises one after another (saving a life and destructing a life)

The point is that the farmer chooses whichever food to produce based upon the demands of others. So, if we all turned vegetarian the livestock would die out indefinitely in favour of crops.

mmmm.. you are throwing nice questions my friend

Well...vegetarians never eat fish,egg and meat but do people who eat fish,meat and egg not eat vegetables in this world ?
Nothing happens if they become vege ...cos still the people who eat meat , eat vegetables too.

Actually, most vegetarians don't really eat vegetables. Pastatarians I like to call them.

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well ...to me ..I am a vegetarian