Ultimately the case for shunning animal flesh does not rest on what the Buddha allegedly said or didn't say. What is does rest on is our innate moral goodness, compassion, and pity which, when liberated, lead us to value all forms of life. It is obvious, then, that willfully to take life, or through the eating of meat indirectly to cause others to kill, runs counter to the deepest instincts of human beings.
Many have come to realization simply by listening to the tinkling of a bell or some other sound - Philip Kapleau
Many have come to realization simply by listening to the tinkling of a bell or some other sound
- Philip Kapleau
Mindfulness is a state wherein one is totally aware in any situation and so always able to respond appropriately. Yet one is aware of being aware. Mi… - Philip Kapleau
Mindfulness is a state wherein one is totally aware in any situation and so always able to respond appropriately. Yet one is aware of being aware. Mi…
Every individual who eats flesh food, whether an animal is killed expressely for him or not, is supporting the trade of slaughtering and contributing… - Philip Kapleau
Every individual who eats flesh food, whether an animal is killed expressely for him or not, is supporting the trade of slaughtering and contributing…
Zen Master Dogen has pointed out that anxiety, when accepted, is the driving force to enlightenment in that it lays bare the human dilemma at the sam… - Philip Kapleau
Zen Master Dogen has pointed out that anxiety, when accepted, is the driving force to enlightenment in that it lays bare the human dilemma at the sam…
The uniqueness of zazen lies in this: that the mind is freed from bondage to all thought forms, visions, objects, and imaginings, however sacred or e… - Philip Kapleau
The uniqueness of zazen lies in this: that the mind is freed from bondage to all thought forms, visions, objects, and imaginings, however sacred or e…
A Zen master, when asked where he would go after he died, replied, 'To Hell, for that's where help is needed most.' - Philip Kapleau
A Zen master, when asked where he would go after he died, replied, 'To Hell, for that's where help is needed most.'
Anyone familiar with the numerous accounts of the Buddha's extraordinary compassion and reverence for living beings - for example his insistence that… - Philip Kapleau
Anyone familiar with the numerous accounts of the Buddha's extraordinary compassion and reverence for living beings - for example his insistence that…
To put the flesh of an animal into one's belly makes one an accessory after the fact of its slaughter, simply because if cows, pigs, sheep, fowl, and… - Philip Kapleau
To put the flesh of an animal into one's belly makes one an accessory after the fact of its slaughter, simply because if cows, pigs, sheep, fowl, and…
You yourself are time- your body, your mind, the objects around you. Plunge into the river of time and swim, instead of standing on the banks and not… - Philip Kapleau
You yourself are time- your body, your mind, the objects around you. Plunge into the river of time and swim, instead of standing on the banks and not…
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