lyndon taylor wrote:I think Humans have a unique and overwhelming tendency to think they are much smarter than they really are, when in fact they are destroying the planet, killing each other, and treating one another like shxt. And now they have the nerve to try and say this is what makes them better than animals, when they really should be studying animals to see how much wisdom they can learn from them. For instance the idea that animals cannot practice Dhamma, complete rubbish. Its humans that can't practice or understand Dhamma, it seems to come quite naturally to many animals.
i am completely and 100 percent on what you have quoted , we think of ourselves as too good for our own good , thus limiting us acutely from learning so much more that life mirrors ( dukkha ) However , objectively , animals do not have the faculty of awareness of contemplating , annica , dukkha , annata . This by no means diminishes our love and respect for all beings . It only keeps increasing , which i am sure , you know better than me
As the saying goes , Man has learnt to fly like a bird , swim like a fish , but has yet to walk like a man !
sanjay