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Why Be Displeased (And Apathetic)?
By Shen Shi'an under Quotations |
Your Comment | Tags: apathy, karma, Stonepeace
Good Or Not?
By Shen Shi'an under Quotations |
Your Comment | Tags: apathy, evil, good
Edmund Burke said, ‘All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.’ Methinks, ‘And if one does not what should be done, is one really still a good man?’ Related Articles: Heartless & Mindless Apathy http://moonpointer.com/index.php?itemid=1978 Warning Against Warning http://moonpointer.com/index.php?itemid=472
Why I Refuse Even a Morsel of a Dead Animal
By Shen Shi'an under Vegetarianism & Veganism |
Your Comment | Tags: apathy, Vegetarianism & Veganism
If I eat whatever you give, appearing to be accepting, it might seem like a good spiritual practice? But if I always eat whatever you give, and you think I will always accept dead animals, it will no longer be any spiritual practice. Because more animals will die. Because this will be feeding your apathy. [...]
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