Daily Dose, with bonus!

[alienfreak]

Skillful speech not only means that we pay attention to the words we speak and to their tone but also requires that our words reflect compassion and concern for others and that they help and heal, rather than wound and destroy.

-Bhante Henepola Gunaratana, "Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness"The Five Precepts of Buddhism

Comments

[perennialmotion]

those first four I would like to say I do the best I can on... the fifth is my downfall though...

[alienfreak]

One of mine as well. Of course, I eat meat which is would fall under #1 and I refuse to abstain from killing spiders.

Spiders are bad.

[perennialmotion]

i didn't kill the creature myself, so eating meat is not bad in my book. As long as its not veal or lamb. Yeah, the mysquitos have got to die no matter what the Buddha said.

Did you know...

[alienfreak]

That in Tibet (and parts of India, I do believe), when they need to build a new structure, they carefully remove any earth worms/insects/animals from the site and place them where they cannot be harmed. Can you imagine how long that could take?

And with eating meat - it is our demand for meat that causes the farmer to provide the supply. It all comes full circle.

[mlnchlyrhpsdy]

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3. (um...yea) √
4. (heh, not anymore) √
5. √

I think I'm all set!