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by person
Fri Jun 28, 2013 9:19 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Meat eating in the Sutta Pitaka
Replies: 9
Views: 2602

Re: Meat eating in the Sutta Pitaka

Actually, I'm trying to understand this article by Eisel Mazard: http://a-bas-le-ciel.blogspot.com/2012/06/vegetarianism-and-theravada-orthodoxy.html He says: What does the Buddha say about vegetarianism? The first part of the answer is that you need to know where to look (in the texts) for the answ...
by person
Fri Jun 28, 2013 7:50 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Meat eating in the Sutta Pitaka
Replies: 9
Views: 2602

Re: Meat eating in the Sutta Pitaka

OK, here's a more specific question:
Are there any suttas where the Buddha or a bhikkhu says anything about lay people eating meat?
by person
Fri Jun 28, 2013 5:54 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Meat eating in the Sutta Pitaka
Replies: 9
Views: 2602

Re: Meat eating in the Sutta Pitaka

OK, thanks, but I am actually looking for a list of any reference to meat eating at all, i.e. where the eating of meat is discussed or mentioned in any way,
not just incidents where the Buddha ate meat.
by person
Fri Jun 28, 2013 5:11 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Meat eating in the Sutta Pitaka
Replies: 9
Views: 2602

Meat eating in the Sutta Pitaka

Forgive me if this has already been discussed here, but I'm wondering if there is a complete list of references to the eating of meat in the Sutta Pitaka. Has such a list been compiled, or, if not, would it be possible to compile such a list and would anyone here be able to do so?
by person
Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:17 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: the great vegetarian debate
Replies: 5693
Views: 970270

Re: the great vegetarian debate

Has anyone read this:
http://a-bas-le-ciel.blogspot.com/2012/ ... odoxy.html by Eisel Mazard?
If so, what did they think? I found it somewhat unclear, but the author seems very knowledgeable, so I would like to understand what he is saying.
by person
Mon Feb 16, 2009 11:05 pm
Forum: Connections to Other Paths
Topic: Humor in the dhamma
Replies: 15
Views: 4324

Re: Humor in the dhamma