. Most of us are small time murderers, most of us are still at least walking on ground where small insects and spiders may be crawling... I've yet to see a Nun or Monk that can hover (but it is claimed of being possible - surely they wouldn't want to attract that much overwhelming attention, if they...

Folks, many of you may very well drive an automobile... Are you aware that driving an automobile causes injury to, and kills many thousands of insects (mosquito size + or -) in one ride. Butterflys are killed (gasp) by many an automobile... and on rainy nights - dare I say it - several frogs, snails...

Eventually anyone who meditates just to become an Arhat for themselves, is going to come to the finish line and go "this is it? I'm done, but what about all these other people, do I really care about them too?" . The Mahayana texts give the gift of bringing more life to your meditation (wh...