Mindfulness, fastfood restaurants and right/wrong livelihood

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ashtanga
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Yeah dont worry mate! Of all the evil that does happen in the world, working for Micky Dee's is nothing - especially if your intention is to move on even better!

Mines a Fish Burger please! :toast:

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Jack,

Sorry, I guess there was some collateral damage. I guess tobacco really isn't including in the lists of intoxicants or poisons so you're really fine. I should have been more mindful of my underlying assumptions which cause me to view tobacco as nothing more than a toxic substance (I smoked two packs a day for over 10 years so I have quite an aversion now). Metta.

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Hi Mike & Ben

Thanks for your responses. Indeed I hope I'll be out of the cancer stick business in just a few months. There was a day a few weeks ago where an older lady came in with pretty bad emphysema, she asked for 8 packets of cigarettes. I wanted to flat out refuse her, there should be a law against selling sick people cigarettes or something...

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'The Blessed One is the Teacher, I am a disciple. He is the one who knows, not I." - MN. 70 Kitagiri Sutta

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