Stephen Niblock It occurs to me the reverence in the act of sharing is a part of and thus symbolic of the reverence for autonomy . I am considering this keeping in mind the Ontario Court of Appeal case of Michael Schmidt regarding his cow share community. It also occurs that the Pasteurization Act is essentially counterproductive in the way it treats all of us in the daily and reverential tradition of animal husbandry and the resultant relationships. I found this writing about the incidence of this reverence. for Wherever you walk in Dharamsala, you are surrounded by the deep saffron red and orange robes of monks with their calms faces, laughing eyes and abundant willingness to engage. Even the cows here seemed happier here and I soon began to recognise them on their daily rounds – one beautiful black and white bull in particular would rest in the shadow of the main temple in the heat of the day and then be found far up in the village streets blocking traffic in the evening. Being allowed to simply find your own space within a system geared toward spiritual growth, reflection and insight released many pent-up emotions. Never have I seen a more tolerant community when it came to the integration of human and animal. Monkeys were not persecuted for stealing from homes, but merely locked out. Dogs were fed on the road. The vendors who feed animals get good karma for showing “karuna” or compassion to a living creature. Sharing, indeed, seemed to resonate with the Tibetans in ways unseen elsewhere. Everything is shared. This struck me deeply at the Thomlansing Buddhist retreat for women (a nunnery) where we stayed for several nights. There were no rules – or talking – except at the communal kitchen table where conversation was intense – women deprived of daily conversation certainly make up for it. Being allowed to simply find your own space within a system geared toward spiritual growth, reflection and insight released many pent-up emotions. It occurs to me the reverence in the act of sharing is a part of and thus symbolic of the reverence for autonomy . I am considering this keeping in mind the Ontario Court of Appeal case of Michael Schmidt regarding his cow share community. It also occurs that the Pasteurization Act is essentially counterproductive in the way it treats all of us in the daily and reverential tradition of animal husbandry and the resultant relationships. I found this writing about the incidence of this reverence. for Wherever you walk in Dharamsala, you are surrounded by the deep saffron red and orange robes of monks with their calms faces, laughing eyes and abundant willingness to engage. Even the cows here seemed happier here and I soon began to recognise them on their daily rounds – one beautiful black and white bull in particular would rest in the shadow of the main temple in the heat of the day and then be found far up in the village streets blocking traffic in the evening. Being allowed to simply find your own space within a system geared toward spiritual growth, reflection and insight released many pent-up emotions. Never have I seen a more tolerant community when it came to the integration of human and animal. Monkeys were not persecuted for stealing from homes, but merely locked out. Dogs were fed on the road. The vendors who feed animals get good karma for showing “karuna” or compassion to a living creature. Sharing, indeed, seemed to resonate with the Tibetans in ways unseen elsewhere. Everything is shared. This struck me deeply at the Thomlansing Buddhist retreat for women (a nunnery) where we stayed for several nights. There were no rules – or talking – except at the communal kitchen table where conversation was intense – women deprived of daily conversation certainly make up for it. Being allowed to simply find your own space within a system geared toward spiritual growth, reflection and insight released many pent-up emotions.
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