In regards to eating meat

[norral]

first let me say i a not a vegan. i was for about 6 years and then i stopped. what a person eats is their business. i was talking to my friend last night who is korean and 55 years old. he said when his sister was 6 years old she went to the market and saw a chicken being killed. it traumatized her and she hasnt eaten chicken since then. i asked him if she has ever seen a cow being killed . if we did see that we might not want to eat beef. this reality we live in is not designed to be totally compassionate. look at a lion it eats meat it was designed that way. our society is designed to sell us meat to make a profit, just as it is designed to sell weapons of war to make a profit. as the individual becomes more and more aware of what goes on on the planet they will naturally arrive at making certain choices about diet , personal conduct etc on their own. in their own time.
the buddha died choking on a pork bone. christ seemed to eat meat it doesnt say anywhere that he didnt. he said that man is not defiled by what goes into his mouth but by what comes out of his mouth. good enuf for me .
one of the four noble truths of buddhism is that life is suffering and it is. this reality is designed to produce suffering its very nature provides suffering for us. for me taking a compassionate view towards others and trusting that others are able to make their own decisions on their own is the way to go. if someone decides to stop eating meat wonderful , if not wonderful. and i am not saying anybody is judging anybody but what i am saying is that people will make their own dietary or personal decisions when they are ready and i respect that.
and a big hug to everybody both vegan and non vegan