The injunction is not to harm sentient (self aware) beings. This may include higher animals and those as far down the evolutionary scale as you feel are still aware. This is very difficult to determine and so many Buddhists will not harm any animals. All that said some/many Buddhists eat meat, slap at mosqitos and make wear leather.
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Buddhism is the religion. Buddhist practice Buddhism.
NO! animals don't like being hurt!
o Answer Zero is incorrect. Too many people hurt animals. It is senseless and mean. It is said that people who hurt animals as children grow up to hurt and abuse people.
Buddhsm was introduced during the Han dynasty
People can hurt all animals just as all animals can hurt us, its self defense. Even if they don't want to hurt us intentionally they will if scared or threatened.
no. they wont
yes it hurt them
hurt them.
The vet.
Why would it
Animals are living things, just like humans. Would you ever beat and hurt another person? If you still don't understand, put yourself in the animals' shoes. Would you like to be beat and hurt? Animals are not toys that don't have minds. Respect animals as you do humans.