Bad Karma

[vandervalley]

It says do not harm a living being; do not kill or cause others to kill. It does NOT say do not eat meat. The meat of animals that have already been killed and who were not killed for your sake is ok to eat.

But can you agree that by eating meat you will eventually have to pay back to the animals u ate?

 

[lilithu]

But can you agree that by eating meat you will eventually have to pay back to the animals u ate?

Pay back? Dare I ask what you mean by this?

 

[koan]

Karma is Karma. The idea of Buddhism is to escsape the cycle of birth and death. wheather one creates good or bad Karma, Karma must be played out untill no Karma is left, then one can enter parnirvana. The only way to avoid Karma, is to be enlightened so as to realise how to escape the wheel.

 

[vandervalley]

Pay back? Dare I ask what you mean by this?

Such as the fact that the action of eating meat will incur bad karma;
Can u agree that eating meat will incur bad karma; no matter what ur initial intentions maybe.

 

[koan]

The playing out of Karma is like a balance sheet you weigh the good against the bad and the balance is what occurs in your next rebirth. Eating meat that was prepared for that purpose e.g. Beef cattle, creates Karma. Eating meat from a animal accidentally killed, is not Karma.

 

[lilithu]

Such as the fact that the action of eating meat will incur bad karma;
Can u agree that eating meat will incur bad karma; no matter what ur initial intentions maybe.

No, I can't.

 

[vandervalley]

Eating meat from a animal accidentally killed, is not Karma.

How often do u eat meat from animals accidentally killed?
Also; is it fair to say that eating meat bought from the shops add to the demand of meat thus commiting sins of killing.

 

[koan]

Ist Q: haven't yet
2ndQ: yes

 

[koan]

There is no sin in Buddhism only Karma

 

[Willamena]

Hi, I just finished eating a steak. It tasted so good I've got another on now cooking. At the same time I find myself thinking about the animal I am eating, hence this thread. I know Tibetan Buddhists eat meat. Is it bad karma. More specifically, what is bad karma?

Karma is what is, so there's no such thing as bad karma.

Dharma, on the other hand, is something to watch for.

 

[koan]

Dharma is the teachings of the Buddha.
dharma is everything else.

 

[Willamena]

Dharma is the teachings of the Buddha.
dharma is everything else.

Unless, of course, "dharma" begins a sentence in English!

 

[koan]

ah, semantics:biglaugh:

 

[vandervalley]

so will those who eat meat eventually have to let other's eat them in the afterlifes?

 

[lilithu]

so will those who eat meat eventually have to let other's eat them in the afterlifes?

Even if that were true, it wouldn't particularly bother me.