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Antibacterial soap... kills bacteria... bad karma?
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Whatever mod gave me that title...
One could and should consider antibacterial soap as self-defense.
Bad karma comes from the *intent* to do harm to anotehr living thing. Stepping on an ant by accident and torturing an ant with a can of liquid air are two totally different things from a karmatic perspective.
Killing bacteria on my body in an attempt to keep them from harming me is along the same vein. Ideally it would be best to avoid the harmful bacteria but that's just not feasible.
Further, the karmic consequences of killing bacteria vs. a bug which is arguably a higher-order creature is like comparing a Boostaroo to an EAR HP4.
Couple that with the intent of self defense and the karma isn't *as* bad as torturing a poor bug but it is bad karma.
As I've already started participating in sports and political talk here I have been wanting to start a religous thread, here it is.
Am I the only buddhist here or am I just the most insane one?
One could and should consider antibacterial soap as self-defense.
Bad karma comes from the *intent* to do harm to anotehr living thing. Stepping on an ant by accident and torturing an ant with a can of liquid air are two totally different things from a karmatic perspective.
Killing bacteria on my body in an attempt to keep them from harming me is along the same vein. Ideally it would be best to avoid the harmful bacteria but that's just not feasible.
Further, the karmic consequences of killing bacteria vs. a bug which is arguably a higher-order creature is like comparing a Boostaroo to an EAR HP4.
Couple that with the intent of self defense and the karma isn't *as* bad as torturing a poor bug but it is bad karma.
As I've already started participating in sports and political talk here I have been wanting to start a religous thread, here it is.
Am I the only buddhist here or am I just the most insane one?