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On Jun 9, 11:51 am, Jangchub wrote:
On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:03:10 +1000, Erik Vastmasd wrote: On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 05:36:44 -0500,when reading "rec.gardens", I'm certain I caught a glimpse of "Jangchub " saying: On Sun, 8 Jun 2008 20:58:09 -0500, "Nelly Wensdow" wrote: I snipped Nelly's post for brevity but I support her comments No, nothing wrong with NOT being vegetarian at al. It's my choice to be vegetarian. I do find that alfalfa pellets are rather inexpensive and rabbits like those, so I use it to deter the critters from plants. It doesn't stop the squirrels from coming down eating one bite from each on the tree. Even still, I would never consider trapping, live or otherwisem, the squirrel for fear they do have a nest somewhere and will be taken away from nurturing the infants. I eat both meat and vegetables so I'm not a vegetarian. But I'm a keen gardener and grow vegetables because I'm able to grow them and it saves me having to pay for them at the supermarket. We have an abundance of Native and Feral animals that can attack our veggies so if we don't control those animals there is no point in planting vegetables in the first place. All I suggested to you was to grow a heart in that garden of yours. You have said something similar before and I still can't understand what you mean. A little compassion goes a long way. If you rationalize it to mean you should kill animals because they are starving, this is not what I meant. Recently we had a cull of 400 Kangaroos because drought conditions caused lack of feed. If the cull hadn't been carried out they all could have died. In another situation where a small confined population of Hares [an introduced species] were in danger, they were culled to preserve their community. I daily set traps to catch feral cats which are picked up by the RSPCA. When I rescue rats or ants out of my swimming pool, the life I'm saving is my own. I just don't understand what you are trying to say? I'm saying I don't discriminate between human and animal life. I see both as valuable and would not kill either, intentionally. I believe in karma. Karma is a Sanskrit word meaning action. Everything I do will have a reaction which will ripen at some point. If I save an ant from the pool, someone will save me. If I kill, I will eventually be killed. Action/Reaction. I'm a Buddhist and we don't believe in killing anything. Culling to prevent starvation? I'm a little torn by that one. Admittedly, I have put my pets down when they were suffering. That type of killing karma is not as heavy as if I did sport hunting for fun, not food. I won't kill animals to feed me, either. If I don't eat meat I am not part of the cog where animals suffer to feed me. Because it's in the package at the grocery store doesn't mean it didn't once have a face with eyes. I don't know, this is who I am. It upsets me when people kill because I don't want to see them suffer, but there is nothing I can do about that. This may all sound ridiculous and superstitious, but not to me or to the billion other Buddhists on the planet. I think we could all benefit by having a bigger heart. I'm a little curious about something now. You mentioned in another post that you weed your garden. I understand you have to kill plants to eat and survive, but how does weeding fit in? This is simple curiosity, since I weed without compunction. You mentioned you won't use a herbicide, so I wondered if there's a difference- there certainly isn't any difference in that the plant is dead. (Not saying anything against that either, since while I am not organic, I also don't use any pesticides or herbicides on my property). Chris |
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