[First Amendment]

That reminds me of a lecture the poet, Gary Snyder (Japhy Rider for Kerouac readers) gave at a college several years ago. I guess he's something of a Buddhist

Let's say he imagines he's something of a Buddhist. To actually be a Buddhist means a life of strict sense control and renunciation.

[Cogadh na Sith]

To actually be a Buddhist means a life of strict sense control and renunciation.

Such fashionable Buddhism! All about strict senses of control and prideful renunciation inflating the Self. Oh, I'll bet it feels so good being a good person, with a good Self!

Ghengis Khan's shock troops, The Mangodai were Buddhists... So were many of the Samurai...

With nothing to renounce and nobody to renounce anything, what then is to be renounced?

Renunciation? I renounce it!

Kill and eat your animals--just remember to wash your bowl.