Because it forces you to confront the ethics directly instead of abstractly. If you watch the animal you killed die, you are not separated from its life, death, and suffering. (Hopefully you can minimize the suffering if you know what you are doing.)
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Replying to @chairbender @Dandy_Roddick
Yeah, I don’t think “useful” is useful here :)
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“To come into contact with reality” maybe gets at it somewhat? Not sure this is something that can be conveyed over twitter
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It’s influenced by my understanding of Buddhism… but I know of no version of Buddhism that says this. All brands of Buddhism say killing is extremely wrong and you shouldn’t do it. But many say eating meat is OK, which I find inconsistent.
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Vajrayana Buddhism is, however, about coming into contact with the rawness and intensity of reality; primal experiences.
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Killing is a fundamental human activity, just as sex and work and parenting are. We’re evolved for it; our brains are specialized for it.
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Vegans can legitimately say “I think that’s wrong, so even if I’m evolved for it, I’m not doing it.” But if one eats meat, I think one should face the raw, bloody, horrifying implications of it.
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Killing is not easy, unless you have worked to deaden yourself to the suffering of other beings. It can be horrible, exhilarating, and sacred, simultaneously. That is the raw material of Vajrayana Buddhism
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