Saffron Dharma

 

As mentioned in yesterday's post Nguni Cattle, I kept looking over at the beautiful patterns hoping to catch a glimpse of the perfect one, and you can imagine the second take I had to give when I saw 3 Theravada monks in their saffron robes on the stand, in between the piles of hides, touching and admiring the beauty before them yet I am sure screaming inside. Although these monks are allowed to eat some meats such as fish and chicken, not beef as they are sentient beings, they are mostly vegetarian. Why screaming inside instead of a inner peace as they follow the Dharma belief of the cosmic way of living? Screaming as these lifeless hides were once beautiful sentient beings. Oh yes now smile for the camera.