Do you do every thing your self ?
My gardener keeps the garden, my taxi driver drives the car.
It would be too idealistic to expect everyone to do the same things or not to do certain things .
There will always be butchers and soldiers regardless of what you do.
Choose your role and play it well.
If I keep 5 precepts, I don’t kill animals, but I still eat meat.
It is not about passing the buck but accepting the reality of the world we live in.
Would I prefer a world where no animals are killed for meat and there is no need for soldiers?
YES.
Is that going to happen ?
NO.
kmath wrote:After reviewing some of the old discussion, I want to ask a follow up:
Many people said they might be willing to participate in the war as a doctor or in a similar role that does not require actual fighting. So those people, do you expect others to do the fighting for you?
I don't like the trend I see in Buddhism that allows for "passing the karmic buck" onto other people. For instance,
1. Not killing animals but still eating the meat
2. Monks asking lay people to cut into seeds, dig soil, etc.
3. And in this case allowing others to fight for one
It just seems karmically selfish, so to speak. If you want those things done, why not just accept the consequences of doing them yourself?