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My job requires me to shuck oysters
The Buddhist teachings do not exist for you to create suffering for yourself. Oysters are extremely primitive life forms. While they breathe oxygen, they are very close to plants. Oysters have a ...
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My job requires me to shuck oysters
According to the Bhikkhu Patimokkha (quoted below), which are rules for monks, killing a human is grounds for immediate and irreversible dismissal from the monastic order (parajika).
However, ...
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My job requires me to shuck oysters
Tell it your boss, simply "I observe the precept of not killing, not to encourage others and not to approve. It would be good if my person could take on tasks which do not involve such.", and simply ...
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Killing a Animal to prevent painful of that Animal.Is it consider as a bad thing for me according to buddhism?
Even mercy killing is considered bad and also breaks the precepts.
The dog is going through its pain due to karma. Say you kill it and goes to a worst hellish state by killing it you are putting to a ...
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Killer Neighbors
The suttas say to teach Dhamma only to those who ask for it. Therefore, you are forbidden to preach Dhamma to your neighbour (unless he wishes you do).
Etadaggaṃ peyyavajjānaṃ yadidaṃ atthikassa ...
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Does the first precept require me to check the shower for bugs and make sure to remove all of the bugs before using it?
I recently noticed that perhaps fewer than 10 bugs seem to be in my shower.
The reason many bugs show up in one place is usually due to that place having "things" that attract them, whether it's ...
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Killer Neighbors
I empathize with you, having grown up around such people.
My advice would be to show this neighbor the same love and compassion you feel towards the rabbits and others. You may think of him as just ...
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Why are plants not sentient beings?
Can it be immoral to kill a plant?
It's contrary to the Vinaya for monks -- I don't know whether you consider that as implying that it's "immoral".
DESTROYING VEGETATION
The common belief ...
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Oral sex and semen swallowing
Sperm are not considered 'sentient beings' (Mahayana) or 'breathing beings' (Theravada). Therefore, the ejaculation of sperm is not killing in relation to the 1st Buddhist precept.
While it is not a ...
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Unintentionally killing insects when playing sports and running
Formally the Vinaya, or Buddhist monastic law, states this about killing:
pli-tv-bu-vb-pc61There is no offence if it is unintentional; if (he is) not thinking; if he does not know; if he is not ...
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Does buying meat equate to approving of killing an animal?
First Theravada monk do not cook, they alms round, hence they do not purchase meat. They eat meat that was given and must qualified by not seeing killing, not hearing killing, not suspect killing is ...
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Mercy killing (not assisted suicide) and the ramifications of the karmic action
A parable I heard recently (somewhere on this site, perhaps..?):
Two monks walking in the woods ran across a deer lying on the ground,
pierced by an arrow. They stood there, listening to the labored
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Are there any exceptions to the first precept?
Wanting to help the bee is good Karma as it is caused by compassion.
Having great sadness is bad Karma as it is caused by aversion.
Thinking that killing is ok is bad Karma as it is a wrong view ...
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Killing a Animal to prevent painful of that Animal.Is it consider as a bad thing for me according to buddhism?
Some verses from the Dhammapada;
All tremble at violence; all fear death. Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill.
All tremble at violence; life is ...
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Is killing vermin and insects justifiable?
As a practicing Buddhist, I would say, no, it is not. Part of the problem is that great thought has been put into methods of killing, but relatively little thought has been put into alternatives to ...
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Killing neighbours dog
The karmic result for killing a dog is:
Possible retaliation by your neighbor.
Possible legal action by neighbor and government.
Possible regret & guilty conscience in your heart.
Getting ...
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How does Buddhism deal with psychopaths & serial killer
The suttas say murderers are taken before the King and get executed. The Buddha had equanimity towards this; as shown in many suttas.
Very well then, Aggivessana, I will cross-question you on this ...
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Killer Neighbors
Is it skillful to not intervene in his acts of killing, knowing he will not understand?
You should tactfully intervene. One should point out animals also feel pain and one should not do to animals ...
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My job requires me to shuck oysters
Since you're not necessarily a Buddhist, I'll try to answer from a more vegan point of view although I'm not a vegan. You can only come to terms with this by telling your boss your beliefs and ...
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Possible to intentionally kill without "intention"?
Quoting from The Pāṭimokkha Rules
Translated & Explained
by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu
The non-offense clauses state that there is no offense for a bhikkhu who acts unintentionally, not knowing, or ...
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Monks, their hospitalization and their medical treatment
When I lived in Thailand:
Monks were admitted to hospital.
Monks took painkillers.
Monks used medicine for internal parasites.
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Why are plants not sentient beings?
There are too many possible, different interpretations of "rebirth" for there to be an authoritative answer on this. Secular Buddhism, the most modern iteration, says that genes and matter from one ...
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Why are plants not sentient beings?
In Theravada (Pali), the 1st precept is about not destroying life that breathes (pāṇātipātī). The word 'pāṇā' means 'breath' and the word 'atipātī' means 'destroyer'. In other words, the term '...
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Oral sex and semen swallowing
Western culture contradicts alot with respect to traditional eastern culture. At the time of Lord Buddha, celibacy was practiced with couples until marriage (it is still practiced in the present ...
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Does the first precept require me to check the shower for bugs and make sure to remove all of the bugs before using it?
The intention is important as outlined in the story below.
The Story of Thera Cakkhupala
While residing at the Jetavana monastery in Savatthi, the Buddha
uttered Verse (1) of this book, with ...
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Today, I killed
The second?
I met a pigeon this year which was crippled with an illness.
I gave it shelter, food, and water, for about 10 days until it died.
I figure that was maybe kinder than trying to kill it when ...
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