The dog is a conscious and sensitive being. It feels, not only pain, but also the nastiness of that state of mind which just sees a dog as something to abuse. A dog will pick that up along with the physical pain. I’m reflecting now; just contemplating pain and suffering. When you contemplate like this, then you feel an empathy for the suffering of creatures—not just human beings, or not just nice people that you get along with, but even the horrible ones. We develop metta, [loving-kindness] learn to respect the lives of all creatures, and abandon any intention of causing them harm. Inevitably, we are going to do things whereby other creatures will suffer, simply from breathing the air, for example; that is the way it is. But we do not deliberately harm or abuse any other creature. buddhismnow/2013/11/13/reflective-mind-by-ajahn-sumedho/
Posted on: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 21:00:07 +0000
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