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**sykanaxer** · 11-05-2011, 05:36 AM

Plants are living things. They breathe.

hi Gerry

the Vinaya adds that plants are also homes for living beings (such as insects, birds, small animals, koala bears, etc)

regards

Object. The Pali term for living plant — bhūtagāma — literally means the home of a being. This rule is justified, it says, in that the etiquette of a contemplative precludes doing harm to the abodes of living beings.

Buddhist Monastic Code I: The Living Plant Chapter

11-05-2011, 05:36 AM	#16
sykanaxer Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 390 Senior Member	Plants are living things. They breathe. hi Gerry the Vinaya adds that plants are also homes for living beings (such as insects, birds, small animals, koala bears, etc) regards Object. The Pali term for living plant — bhūtagāma — literally means the home of a being. This rule is justified, it says, in that the etiquette of a contemplative precludes doing harm to the abodes of living beings. Buddhist Monastic Code I: The Living Plant Chapter
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