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Killing Tigers, Killing Cows: The Karma of Killing Animals in the Sri Lankan Civil War
PAUL O INGRAM LECTURE IN THE HISTORY OF RELIGIONS April 4, 2012, 7:30 9:00 pm Scandinavian Cultural Center
Does a soldier receive negative karma for killing during battle? This is a question asked by many of the Buddhist soldiers who fought in Sri Lankas recently concluded civil war. While those familiar with Buddhist virtues of non-violence might answer with an emphatic "yes," during the Sri Lankan conflict, Buddhist soldiers and monks were divided in their opinions. Some argued that soldiers do not kill for personal reasons rooted in desire, hatred, or delusion; but rather with the positive intention to protect the country. Others, however, argued that any act of killing necessarily entails a negative intention and, thus, produces negative karma. While soldiers and monks were divided when I asked them about killing humans, almost all agreed that killing animals would produce unfavorable consequences. This talk will introduce Buddhist arguments about killing and karma and investigate this double standard, which seems to place more value on animals lives than it does on human lives.
Daniel Kent is a visiting professor of Asian Religions at Whitman College in Walla Walla,
Washington. He received his Ph.D. in religious studies from the University of Virginia in 2008. Professor Kent works primarily in Sri Lanka, where he has lived for over four years. Professor Kent is primarily an ethnographer, writing about contemporary issues in Sri Lankan Buddhism. He specializes in Buddhist ethics, Buddhism and war and innovations in Buddhist beliefs and practice. Professor Kent grew up in Silverdale, Washington and attended high school in Lakewood, Washington.
This lecture is made possible through the financial support of Paul O. Ingram, Professor Emeritus of Religion at PLU.
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