Why doesn t a plant count as killing, and in Buddhism, killing a plant counts as killing?

In contrast, plants are not living things, and although they have life, they are not ......as alive as animals

Vegetables and fruits are ruthless beings, they have no feelings and thoughts, and they do not go through the six realms of reincarnation.

Plants are indeed alive, but picking apples from the apple tree does not harm the tree itself, and it will definitely be fruitful the next year. There is also an analogy here, one is to shear wool and make warm clothes for people; The other is to harm the life of the sheep and eat the meat of the sheep, and the difference between the two behaviors is obvious.

If someone must say that plants have life, and eating plants is also killing, then it is to drill the horns of the bull.

We are accustomed to dividing living things into animals, plants, and microorganisms. We classify humans as animals.

This taxonomy is a reluctant taxonomy, mainly to facilitate communication. In fact, if in essence, plants and microorganisms are animals. Anything that can move itself without giving him an external force should be called an animal that can move by itself.

Earth, sand, stone and water without active spirituality cannot move on their own, and if they are allowed to move, an external force needs to be applied to them, and these should be called non-animal things that cannot move on their own.

In essence, animals, plants, and microorganisms, which can move by themselves, are all living and spiritual animals, and whatever they eat is killing living things, depriving them of their material life, and all of them belong to killing.

Some people who do not understand the principle of life mistakenly think that eating animals is killing, and eating plants is not killing. At present, many people hold this viewpoint, and many people even propagate the erroneous theoretical viewpoint that eating a vegetarian diet without meat means not killing.

Clearance Mage --- plant has no attachment, no distinction, no resentment, so it has no vindictiveness.

1 Those who are true students of Buddhism will never eat the flesh of living beings, and some people have raised objections to retort: "The rice you eat and the vegetables you eat are all plants. Plants also have life, so aren't you killing? ”

2 Yes, not only plants are alive, but also minerals. Dr. Emoto's water experiments show that minerals are alive. The Buddha is not wrong at all in the scriptures, all things come from **? The mind is changing. This is what Buddhism talks about in terms of Dharma nature and sincerity.

3 The true heart has the awareness of seeing and hearing, and the appearance of the true heart determines the color, sound, and fragrance. The essence of the Dharmakaya, the Dharma-nature, the earth, and all things is the Dharma-nature, so of course it has the awareness of seeing and hearing. The Buddha explained very thoroughly in the scriptures that the whole universe is an organism.

4 Animals, however, are completely different from plants and minerals. Although plants are living things, they are different from animals, and animals have sentient beings; In other words, he has seven emotions, and he has joy, anger, sorrow, love and evil desires.

5 An animal has seven passions and five desires, greed, hatred, and ignorance, so he has a heart for revenge. If a plant does not have seven emotions and five desires, does not have greed, hatred, ignorance, and slowness, it will not have a sense of revenge, and this truth must be understood.

6 Plants do not have six roots and six consciousnesses, only animals have six roots and six consciousnesses. The six roots are the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind, and the six root natures are called the six consciousnesses. What is knowledge? Delusional attachment to separation. Animals are separated and attached, so they have a vindictive spirit.

7 The plant has no attachment, no distinction, no anger, so it has no vindictiveness. When we eat these plants, it is really a sacrifice and dedication, and we should be grateful to it, and we can't waste it casually, because it is sinful to waste it!

8 What is it that we need to eat and drink today? Karma. When you eat it yourself, you have to be ashamed and grateful for these foods, and that's right.

If someone tells you that eating plants is also killing, do you still eat vegetables and fruits?

In Buddhism, the word killing is not so simple. Is it considered killing a large number of insects to starve to death in order to protect crops and weed? Is drinking water for survival and causing the death of many microorganisms and bacteria considered killing?

Does walking and accidentally stepping on ants and insects count as killing? Is it killing to avoid being bitten to death by wolves, insects, tigers and leopards? Does the elimination of invaders in order to protect the country from aggression count as killing?

Buddhism does not kill the innocent. Those who destroy the order of coexistence of the laws of development of all things in nature are not covered by the Buddhist protection regulations.

Buddhism cannot be discussed on the same level as killing and committing murder. Some are guilty of killing, and some are not guilty, in addition to looking at whether the target should be killed or not, it also considers what the motive of the killer is.

In short, intentional killing is guilty, unintentional killing is not guilty; It is a crime to kill when you should not kill, and it is not a crime to kill when you should kill.

Generally refers to animals, because plants do not have the ability to feel pain in the same way as animals.

Buddhism's division of sentient beings is based on sentient beings and ruthlessness.

Sentient beings are beings who have sentient consciousness (or a similar term: mind). Sentient beings can feel the eight sufferings, and they have all kinds of emotions such as joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, and both humans and animals belong to this kind of beings, because they all have this kind of awareness.

The eight sufferings are the sufferings that sentient beings can experience as summarized by Prince Siddhartha, and they are the sufferings of birth, old age, sickness, death, resentment, love, parting, unwantedness, and the five aggregates.

Plants and trees are ruthless, and plants are divided into ruthless life in Buddhism, and the grains, vegetables, melons and fruits we eat are all in the ranks of ruthless life.

The fundamental reason for the Buddha's advocacy of non-killing is compassion, empathy, equanimity, tolerance, and goodness, which has been praised and praised in primitive Buddhist times, and is considered to be an act of good retribution. The Buddha demanded that everyone should be immeasurably compassionate towards all sentient beings.

You're right, plants and trees also have divine sense. However, the spirituality of plants is weaker than that of animals, and they are ruthless beings and are generally not prone to resentment. Although the spirituality of the grass and trees is weak, we should also have compassion and not spoil it when we do not eat it, so that it can grow well.

The spirituality of animals is too strong, and the sad and angry eyes and desperate cries during slaughter all indicate the inaction and resentment of animals when they die. Therefore, if the world creates many karmas of killing and eating flesh, many calamities will arise in the world. If you want to think that there is no sword and war in the world, unless sentient beings do not eat meat.

Therefore, I advise the world not to eat meat if they can, and to eat less if they can. Don't kill recklessly and create more karma.

There is no Amitabha Buddha in the south! There is no Amitabha Buddha in the south! There is no Amitabha Buddha in the south!

In the time of the Buddha, the aristocratic imperial masters could manipulate the life and death of slaves; That's why there was a ban on killing; -- You can't kill anyone! It's been a change of the times! There is a life that is not another life!

Cutting a plant in two is not the same as cutting a chicken's neck into two pieces.

Buddhism says that non-killing is to cultivate our great compassion, but there is no absolute non-killing, so Buddhism does not kill non-killing beings who flow bright red blood similar to us human beings!

Plants are lifeless and are not among sentient beings. However, it is almost impossible for us ordinary people to really not kill. If you don't kill, you shouldn't have the intention to kill, but you should have compassion. If there is murderous intent, you will see the killing phase, and if you have no murderous intent, you will cut off the killing and become the cause of the phase, and stay away from killing.

Buddhism focuses on the existence of sentient beings, while the life of plants is ruthless.

Plants are not sentient beings, for example, if you scold a plant, people will hate you, if you scold a plant, it will not feel at all. Killing means being sentient, being sentient is liberating.

Plants are inexorable, unconscious, not sentient beings, and therefore have no such thing as pain and pleasure. If you eat plants, they won't be conscious, and they won't be resentful. And if you kill an animal, the animal will be very afraid and painful, and will have a strong sense of hatred and revenge.

At the time of the founding of Buddhism, the only understanding of life was that of animals (the feelings of plants were not expressed intuitively like animals, so most people also regarded them as inanimate), so plants were not discussed in the scope of killing. Of course, the problems such as serious vegetation destruction are obvious now, and we must take care of plants.

Religion does not necessarily develop with the development of science, it is just a belief, a sustenance, a thought, and a good wish, so even in today's scientific development, Buddhism's non-killing still does not discuss vegetables and other plants.

Not a producer, just a porter of nature

What is the criterion for killing.

In Buddhism, animals are called sentient beings.

Sentient means an animal that has feelings, thoughts, and feelings. Human beings have thoughts, feelings, and memory, and belong to the higher animals. Those animals that have memory, nerves, and sensations, which can feel heat and cold, pain, such as ants and the like, belong to the lower animals.

Whether it is a higher animal or a lower animal, it is within the scope of what we cannot kill.

Plants like vegetables don't feel or feel pain. Belongs to the scope of the merciless life. "Xunzi Non-Phase Chapter" said: "Water and fire have gas but no life, plants and trees are born but ignorant, birds and beasts are aware but unrighteous."

People are angry, alive, knowledgeable, and righteous, and they are the most expensive in the world. ”

Hello, this question is actually very simple, let's take a look at your two questions separately.

First of all, Buddhism says that non-killing is not killing sentient beings. Everything in the world is formed by the union of all causes, so they are collectively called sentient beings. And sentient beings are divided into two kinds: sentient beings and unforgiving beings.

Sentient beings, i.e., all sentient beings. Born of the fate of all beings, named sentient beings, and experienced many births and deaths, called sentient beings, in the Ten Dharma Realms, in addition to the Buddha, the nine worlds have sentient beings, all of which are called sentient beings. Ruthless beings refer to the material world.

Sentient beings are beings with divine consciousness, while plants belong to non-conscious beings and have no divine consciousness. So it doesn't fall into the category of killing.

The equality of all beings is said in essence, not physically. All beings are equal in their innate nature:

Sentient beings all have the same wisdom and virtue as Buddhas, that is, Buddha nature; This Buddha nature does not increase because of becoming a Buddha, nor does it decrease because of ordinary people, and it is not much in Buddhas, even in animals.

All sentient beings possess the wisdom and virtue of the Buddha, but they cannot attain it because of delusional attachment.

This is the real equality, the ultimate equality.

And all ruthless beings also have the essence of all dharmas, that is, dharma nature. This dharma nature is also immortal, impure, unincreasing and decreasing in all things, and it is the emptiness of all dharmas. So, that's the true equality of all things.

In terms of the nature of the nouns, Buddha nature and Dharma nature are two words, but in fact, the essence is the same.

Eating plants does not kill, because plants are lifeless and sexless, while animals are lifeless and sexual, and there is an essential difference, so there is no problem with eating vegetarianism.

Plants are not killed. The meaning of killing is to harm sentient beings and harm the five aggregates. Plants are not sentient beings, so they do not belong to killing.

Plants are merciless things, and animals are sentient beings. Not the same.