Please tell me the differences between humans and animals.

Everything has a cause and effect. There should be no living thing, inanimate object, or phenomenon that exists without a cause. Then, the result born from cause 1 becomes the next cause 2, and so on... In reality, it is not a vertical linear connection like this; it is a two-dimensional and three-dimensional image connection that also has horizontal connections. One person compared this image to the flow of a river, while others likened it to the shape of a net or orball.
And what did you want to say? It means that all beings live in connection, and nothing exists alone. Therefore, in order to take care of yourself, you have no choice but to value the causes leading to your own results in order starting from a nearby place. That way of life is true wisdom.”
Conversely, what would happen if only you lived by robbing and murdering people you met from one end in an attempt to benefit only yourself? You'll be able to eat easily on the spot. However, the circle of distrust of humanity gradually expands, and every time we meet people, we become wary of each other. Then everyone, myself and everyone around me, became cramped, and a negative chain where no one benefited continued to circulate. This is considered foolish.
In Buddhism, such cleverness is called good, and foolishness is called evil.
Therefore, don't touch the person who is the closest net of results to yourself. A negative chain will surely begin. (The death penalty for serious offenders with no possibility of rehabilitation is debated)
So how good is it outside of that? four legs? animals? fish? Are plants alive? What is the difference between living things and inanimate objects? These are areas where discussions are divided as real issues. It's been going on since the beginning, so unfortunately we can't settle it now.
But there's something you should never forget. Mindlessly denying a way of thinking different from one's own and shaking up one's own justice means that in the end, you are ignoring the net around you.
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Buddhism is a teaching to reduce suffering for oneself and others (not limited to humans).
The ultimate goal of completely eliminating one's suffering is liberation from reincarnation.
They graduate because they are living.
It's called Muyonehan (Muyonehan). If that were the case, they wouldn't live in this world, so they wouldn't kill even a single microorganism.
So, in order to be liberated, enlightenment is necessary. In order to understand, it is necessary to practice to get rid of worries, and that affliction also includes anger and murderous intent.
If you want to completely eliminate your suffering, you need to practice making an effort not to kill.

Second, when it comes to reducing the suffering of others, all animals have a feeling that they don't want to die, and suffering when killed by others will be intense.
Simply put, it would be a peaceful and comfortable world if we did not inflict such suffering on each other as much as possible, so it fits the direction of Buddhism to reduce suffering.

Indigo-sama
Nice to meet you, my name is Tetsuya Urakami from Nagomi-an, thank you for your support.

I think Indigo is right in saying that they don't theoretically understand how eating people on a daily basis is different from eating beef or fish.
However, what I thought at the same time was that it might disappoint Indigo, but I wonder if I have to be able to understand everything theoretically and rationally. I also wondered if it wasn't human arrogance or imagination to think that it could be done.

I watched an African wildlife program on TV before. A lion mother raising her child is shown trying to heal her seriously injured baby lion.
However, the mother, who realized that her serious injury would not heal, suffocated her child to death in order to avoid the risk of hyenas and the like coming by the voice of a lion cub. Then, in order to nourish other children with breast milk, they ate that baby lion.

I was moved by how theoretical, rational, and lean thinking was. Also, I thought it was an action that humans could never do. The reason why it can't be done is, as Indigo said, the “sensory” part pushes people down and doesn't stop them.

People can't be lions. I think the reason we listen to sensorial voices that go beyond theory and reason is probably because we are human beings.

By the way, I don't know much about psychopaths, but it seems that they think about things in a completely different path from general thinking. If that's the case, I don't think there is a universal answer to the question of how to explain them by putting them together as “psychopaths.”

I think there is no choice but to theoretically and rationally explain what kind of thoughts that person has and how to explain them to deter misconduct.

Life is being reincarnated.
There are 6 types of reincarnation: “Bonten,” “Man,” “Hell,” “Hungry Demon,” and “Shura.”
All lives are equally reincarnated, but the so-called state of affairs is different.
Beasts (animals, insects, etc.) and humans are equally valuable because they live the same thing, but we think “animals are creatures that can be killed.”
It can also be said that it is a way of being born with a human being.

Of course, killing is bad in Buddhism.
All life now just happens to be one of the 6 types, and since they are all equally reincarnated, there is no superiority or inferiority in terms of the value of life.

Among them, why do we take it for granted that we shouldn't kill humans?
That's because when it comes to “it's OK to kill others,” it means “it's OK to kill myself.”
Therefore, there is a social myth that “you must not kill people,” and it is baked into deep psychology.
However, it doesn't mean anything to people who say “I can be killed, so I want to kill others.”
The reasons people make not to kill completely change from time to time and place.
The story that murder is moral is just an afterthought, and it is something that cannot be explained morally.

Laws made by humans and Buddhist concepts are completely different.
Whether it's a human being, an animal, or an insect, they are all lives that have the same value in Buddhism.
If you kill any life, it's an evil act that will cause you to go to hell.
I think I'm a really scary creature that kills insects and lives without thinking about it even when I live my life by eating meat.

Good evening Indigo.

Wild animals do not cannibalize with their family unless there is a reason, with some exceptions.
This is because the purpose is to preserve seeds.
Eating the strong is a natural part of the wild.

Moreover, humans have reason that animals do not have.
It's no wonder that rational people, when thinking about preserving species, think they shouldn't kill their own family members unnecessarily.

Because people have reason and can love living things and plants, killing can be called “evil.”

However, the problem is not that people don't kill each other for food, but that people kill each other because of greed.
Since time immemorial, humans have also killed people for greed.

This must also be an instinct to preserve species in the wild, but imagine it.

If you lose your territory, you won't be able to take over food. = If you expand your territory, your desires will be satisfied.

Isn't it the same?
It's sad between people who are said to be rational “primates of everything.”

However, even if they had to kill each other unavoidably in war, only humans can feel sorry for it, and only humans are probably the only ones who feel pain when they see that figure.

That's why it can be said that killing is “evil.”

It can be said that having a painful heart is the reason people are people.

Even when there is no room in your mind, you can feel “relieved” by looking at animals and plants at an unexpected moment.

I'm really thankful that I was born as a human being.