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Is Eating Meat Bad Karma? | Are Buddhists Vegans? | Dhamma Talk | Ajahn Dhammasiha
Ajahn Dhammasiha is asked whether eating meat is causing bad karma.
Ajahn explains that INTENTIONAL KILLING of other beings is bad karma. The crucial factor for bad karma is intention.
Therefore, even if one's actions have a causal relationship with the death of other beings, but completely without intention, it's not breaking the first precept or causing bad karma.
For example, in Queensland in summer it's virtually impossible to drive a car for an hour without causing the death of insects smashing against the windscreen. However, that's normally not the intention when driving the car, the…
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