How can you hurt/eat any animal if you care about the suffering of all living entities? What you are describing is a type of isolated compassion but it is rele

How can you hurt/eat any animal if you care about the suffering of all living entities? What you are describing is a type of isolated compassion but it is relegated to homo-sapiens, it is not a universal compassion of which i am referring to, to which the Buddha refers to. Compassion is sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it. This is the dictionary definition. This is essentially just referring to people's distress, of which you witnessed. Empathy. However, compassion is more complicated and detailed. "In Buddhism, the ideal of practice is to selflessly act to alleviate suffering wherever it appears." Note, wherever it appears, not just humans, everything. Suffering and compassion go hand in hand. If you see any suffering of any creature, you want to alleviate it. In The Essence of the Heart Sutra, His Holiness the Dalai Lama wrote, "According to Buddhism, compassion is an aspiration, a state of mind, wanting others to be free from suffering. It's not passive — it's not empathy alone — but rather an empathetic altruism that actively strives to free others from suffering. Genuine compassion must have both wisdom and lovingkindness. That is to say, one must understand the nature of the suffering from which we wish to free others (this is wisdom), and one must experience deep intimacy and empathy with other sentient beings (this is lovingkindness)." Therefore, I will stand by my point; that real compassion, real empathy to alleviate the suffering of any sentient creature will manifest itself in the form of vegetarianism/veganism. How can someone hurt another creature when they know it will suffer, when they understand the nature of the pain it will experience? Still not convinced? I can tell. Don't take my word. Listen to Master Thich Nhat Hanh explain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78qgek8GJ9k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78qgek8GJ9k