11-09-2015, 04:50 PM
(11-09-2015, 03:10 PM)Matt1 Wrote: For me its fairly simple. To eat an animal is to cause suffering, if we can survive without the eating of animals it makes sense to do so as this creates less suffering. That being said i still have my limits as i eat dairy and i understand a lot of suffering happens to animals through dairy products as well but for the time being this is my way.
I think that we can philosophise anything to justify almost any desire or action, but this can often miss the core lesson of this density which is compassion. Before we move onto the insight of wisdom i believe we should be well awakened in the heart.
How is that not just a justification for your desire for compassion? More of that 'this is the reason we're here' used to push one's own endeavours.