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Buddhism

steve2470

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Reply to TM99 (Reply #5)

Sun Dec 7, 2014, 06:13 PM

Dec 2014

I really wish cockroaches would kindly stay out of my dwelling. I will leave them alone in the great outdoors, leave me alone in my dwelling. Doesn't work that way. Buddhists who can gently sweep them outside consistently, one has to admire that.

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a sincere question [View all] steve2470 Dec 2014 OP

I have similar reactions to some humans. rug Dec 2014 #1

lol yes me too steve2470 Dec 2014 #2

......... trusty elf Dec 2014 #3

lol I don't mind steve2470 Dec 2014 #4

I don't consider your question trivial in the least. TM99 Dec 2014 #5

Thanks steve2470 Dec 2014 #6

Is a cockroach considered a sentient being? I thought that was where we get to draw the line. Maraya1969 Jan 2015 #9

How to we draw that line? TM99 Jan 2015 #10

I struggle with it too. What happens when insects or rats infest the house you live in? liberal_at_heart Dec 2014 #7

Noam Chomsky made an interesting point about this: "there's a slow expansion of the moral sphere" bananas Dec 2014 #8

I would submit that it's respect for cockroaches and vermin that especially mark the buddhist POV. NYC_SKP Jan 2015 #11