Buddhism Course

Lesson 17

 

1. For me, Dharma Day touches my heart. I think that this first teaching in the Deer Park was the beginning of the sharing of Buddhism, and without that sermon, no one would have begun to learn how to practice. The sermon was a practical way to begin to view the world and live out your life.

 

2. To me, this means that no matter where one gets their food from, or builds a home, that we should take the example of the honeybee and treat the Earth, animals and the environment in general, with the gentleness of the bee. A bee does not ruin the flower it gathers pollen from to make honey. We also, should tread gently and purposefully.

 

3. I firmly believe that today, the Buddha would be a vegetarian for many reasons. First of them would be he would see how the factories and slaughterhouses treat the animals today, causing all sorts of horrific suffering to them and that energy of anger and fear is passed along to us. Second, animals today are massed produced, like cars, and pumped up with hormones and medicines that humans should not be ingesting. But personally, I believe he would be disgusted at the way other humans treat animals on these so called "farms" and since the world today has many many options for non-animal food, I think he'd be a vegetarian.
 

Rev. Mark J. Larose


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