Buddhism s view of animal life, how Buddhism views human life

The Buddhist definition of life is different from the definition of modern science.

Modern science will naturally appear in the process of the development and change of the universe in the existence of a certain number of self-growth, reproduction, feeling, consciousness, will, evolution, interaction and other rich possibilities of a class of phenomena, in addition to the biochemical reaction can also include the self-replicating amino acid structure produced by biochemical reactions, as well as fungi, bacteria, plants, animals (humans) and other definitions of "life", including the future development to artificially manufactured or facilitated machines complex to a certain extent, Phenomena that possess certain basic properties that conform to the connotation of life may also be included in the category of life (human-machine hybrids, pure free will, artificial intelligence, robots, etc.).

Buddhism, on the other hand, is judged by observing and analyzing the mental component of the individual. In the case of human beings, the human spirit is made up of eight components (called "divine consciousness" in Buddhism), which are composed of 1 eye consciousness, 2 ear consciousness, 3 nose consciousness, 4 tongue consciousness, 5 body awareness, 6 consciousness, 7 mana consciousness, and 8 alayya consciousness. In his practice, the Buddha discovered that as long as one has seven consciousnesses (at least seven consciousnesses, let alone eight consciousnesses), one can be called "sentient beings", which is what we often call "life"; The plant and material world, on the other hand, are called "ruthless beings" or "machine beings".

The "sentient beings" mentioned in Buddhism represent "sentient beings" and "unforgiving sentient beings", which is a general term. However, most of the time it can represent "sentient beings";

Based on this theory, one can understand why Buddhists eat vegetarian food instead of meat.

Man is also one of thousands of animal life forms, but more intelligent than other animals.

Do not kill animals. Killed by mistake, he recited the Jizo Bodhisattva under the superordinate.

All things have spirits, and all things are suffering

Ways of viewing: 1) The way of looking at the end of life and dying: This is the end of life, just like the lamp oil is burned, the lamp will naturally eliminate the longevity that people expect, in fact, there is an upper limit.

The so-called "there are those who are born and die in the twilight, those who are born in spring and summer and die in autumn and winter, and those who die in ten years, a hundred years, and a thousand years. It means that life expectancy is limited, and it is impossible to escape.

2) The way of looking at death after the end of the blessings: The scripture says: "The world is ignorant of life and death, and the naked eye is ignorant of sin and blessing."

The lifespan of all sentient beings is like a bubble in the water and soil, and when the qi is dispersed, it will be extinguished, and once all their blessings are squandered, they will naturally die. This is the same reason that a rich man who has lost his money will become a beggar and will starve to death and freeze to death for a long time.

3) The way of looking at accidental death: It is generally called "horizontal death", which means that you should not have died, because you suffered an accident and could not avoid it, and you died in a different place, died in a car accident, was assassinated, and was bitten by tigers, leopards, jackals..., are difficult to know in advance, the vulgar three inches of qi in a thousand ways, once impermanence and everything rest", is to describe this kind of change.

First, there is no chance to meet them, so animals are our relatives and friends for countless lifetimes. Even our parents. The six realms of reincarnation, we are in humanity in this life, and they are in the way of livestock.

So the Buddha told us again and again, don't eat meat, don't eat meat. The Buddha knows the truth, knows the suffering of our six realms, always struggles in love, and then after a few lifetimes they don't know each other, and then they hurt each other, and even eat each other. The cycle goes on and on.

Second, foolishness goes to the way of livestock, greed goes to the way of hungry ghosts, and hatred goes to hell. The Five Precepts and Ten Virtues come to humanity, you can go and look up what the Five Precepts and Ten Virtues are, and you will know why it is said that the human body is rare.

Thirdly, you see the pets in the livestock road, now there are people raising them, and they are living very well, which is a great blessing in the livestock road.

Let me tell you about the disadvantages of eating meat, which is based on the premise that we want to be healthy, taking fish as an example, fish die very pitifully, some die of suffocation, and some die of a thousand knives while alive. Some were blown up alive. It hurts so much when we get between our fingers, you can imagine how much it hurts when the fish dies.

Their resentment before they die. We ate it into our stomachs. It's attached to our body.

We can imagine what our own magnetic field looks like. After eating so much, how can my physical condition be better?That's why the Buddha teacher told us, don't eat it, and cultivate your mind.

When you are in good health, you have the conditions to practice.

Not only Buddhism, but the five major religions all tell their students, children or people, don't eat meat, don't eat blood, and so on.

Animals are much better than humans.

At least not like humans are so bad at using the earth's resources.

In Buddhism, all living beings are equal, and all living beings mean that all beings are born in harmony, so all living beings include all animals and plants. The first of the ten good karmas is not to kill, that is, starting with being kind to others, moving on to animals, plants, and finally to all people and things that can be touched, including tables and chairs. Be kind to others, others will give back to you with kindness, and everything else is the same, even if it is a desk, we have to treat it well and cherish it, so as to extend its service life, isn't this the table give us kind feedback?

Buddhism gives us the way to eliminate our opposition to everything in the outside world and to achieve harmony with our environment and all the things in it.

Animals also have divine consciousness and spirituality, so they should be loved and not harmed. Amitabha.

The founder of Buddhism is Siddhartha Qu Tan Known as the World-Honored One, the Holy Name Nan Wu Master Shakyamuni Buddha This simple history should be known The World-Honored One was a prince before he became a monk Because of his sentimentality, he wanted to be free from suffering and became a monk It's a joke to say that he can't eat meat And Buddhism is not completely forbidden to eat meat If you have the ability to transcend the body of flesh, you can eat meat For example, the great virtues of Tantra If they eat meat, the body of those flesh will die immediately, and people who don't practice eating meat will have all kinds of bad attitudes for animals Buddhism believes that it is one of the six realms of reincarnation because of the karma of previous lives and the depravity of this life, and Buddhism believes that there is retribution for killing animals.

If you really want to know, go and read the Lengyan Sutra, as you can think of this question, all things are equal.

Animals are also sentient beings, and they are the same as us, but because of the karmic entanglement of successive lives, they fall into the animal path in this life, and there is no fundamental difference from us. He also has Buddha nature, and he can also be reborn and become a Buddha.

After reading it, I didn't eat any meat anymore.

Buddhism does not regard the lives of animals as more important than people, and the stories in Buddhism about cutting meat to feed eagles and sacrificing their lives to feed tigers are not promoting the importance of animals over people. Rather, it emphasizes the Buddhist spirit of sacrificing oneself for the fulfillment of others (and animals as well), a sacrificial dedication that is more important to other lives than one's own life.

If you have ever known Buddhism, you will know that Buddhism advocates the universality of all living beings. All living beings are all living beings. It's not just people, it's animals.

The reason why people are people is because people are much stronger than animals. Humans have evolved to the point where they don't have to kill each other like animals and drink blood. aqui te amo。

You can't say that, if you think about it, how many animals and plants have gone extinct and it is not because of the massive harvesting and killing of humans. If there are fewer and fewer species, what do we eat in the end, and what do we use to make medicine, right? Or maybe it's another way of protection, maybe that's what people thought at the time.

All things are equal to life, and existence is reasonable. It's not that people are useless, and if you don't have people, you can't live the life you have now. Besides, you are also a human being, isn't you belittleing yourself by belittling people like this?

Amitabha. Buddhism doesn't think that the lives of animals are more important than human beings, and that's not what Buddhism says, it's what you said in your question.

Don't talk about what you think as what you think is that of a Buddha.

In addition, I will also tell you the meaning of the equality of all beings, so that you do not misunderstand, as follows.

Li Bingnan's --- all living beings are equal, which means that they are equal in nature, in life, in changing evil to good, and transcendent in sanctification. It is not that there is no distinction between the indiscriminate creation of the karma of sentient beings, and the bitterness and happiness of the retribution. His industry is very different, and the retribution is also very different.

This is all self-inflicted, if it is the cause and effect, it is not the Buddha's reward and punishment. Although sentient beings have different karma and different retribution in the six realms, there is still no difference in their nature and other conditions.

Nowadays, as a metaphor, there are **, ministers, military, agriculture, industry, business, etc.; There are rich people, beggars, prisoners, etc. to enjoy. However, it is generally referred to as a human being, and cannot be called a non-human person, which is the meaning of equality. And when it is first born, the stripe will not bring a thing; When he died, he was empty-handed, and he took nothing with him.

From beginning to end, there has been no inequality.

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