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Buddhists are too concerned about ants and bugs.
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to develop a compassion that is undiscriminating and all-embracing. They
see the world as a unified whole where each thing and creature has its place
and function. They believe that before we destroy or upset nature's delicate
balance, we should be very careful. Just look at those cultures where emphasis
is on exploiting nature to the full, squeezing every last drop out of it
without putting anything back, conquering and subduing it. Nature has revolted.
The very air is becoming poisoned, the rivers are polluted and dead, so
many beautiful animal species are extinct, the slopes of the mountains are
barren and eroded. Even the climate is changing. If people were a little
less anxious to crush, destroy and kill, this terrible situation may have
not arisen. We should all strive to develop a little more respect for life.
And this is what the first precept is saying.
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