To: K-list
Recieved: 1999/12/09 16:51
Subject: [K-list] Response to Harsha and Ahimsa.
From: Harsha (Dr. Harsh K. Luthar)

Namaste All, Harsha.

What exactly is your position on meat-eating and
Ahimsa? If meat eating is fine then what is Ahimsa?

A child may bully as a child ---fine. The child
doesn't have a developed conscience. However does that
excuse the same behaviour as an adult?

Does understandable or excusable make it right/ahimsa?

I know all is ullusion etc.

What then is Ahimsa? if killing cruelly is excusable?
If all is one, can we kill humans, or eat them? I
suppose we could then? The natives near Australia call
it 'Long-pig', a bit like pork they tell me. They have
no conscience about this on the'fly river', in
Papua-New Guinea, it is their culture, is that alright
then? Are they right or like the child, in ignorance?

Are we talking about Ahimsa or what stage of
developement people are in? So don't offend them
for,'Father forgive them for they know not what they
do.'-Jesus.

I understand the broader aspects of Ahimsa in thought
word and deed etc but this is a discussion group. I
really would like to know your answer to this!

Love, Tony the ignorant.

Thanks for your post Tony. I have great respect for your feelings and views
on this matter as I myself am a vegetarian. I am also an advocate for the
vegetarian diet and certainly feel we should treat all living beings with
the highest amount of compassion and kindness that is available to us at any
given moment. It seems that food choices are highly personal and embedded
deep in people's physiological and psychological makeup. Maybe we eat
according to our Karma. In any case, I am not in a position - nor would I
want to be- to make dietary choices for everyone else. Many people in my own
family as well as many friends eat meat. What can I do? Should I argue with
them at every opportunity and give them severe looks of disapproval? People
are free to choose their life style and live according to what suits them
and learn from their own experiences. Certainly if someone asks about the
benefits of a proper and nutritious vegetarian diet, I am happy to discuss
it and refer them to experts in the field such as Dr. Dean Ornish (disciple
of Swami Satchitananda). I am not exactly sure what else you would have me
say or do Tony. I agree with your views but my expression is constrained by
my own personality.

Harsha

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