I was listening to a Vedanta lecture from Swami Sarvapriyananda this morning and during the Q&A, he answered a question concerning non-human sentient beings and whether or not they're subject to karma. Here is the clip from the lecture...
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Agree? Disagree? Why?
Personally, I cannot see the logic in why if a sentient being is subject to past karma that they wouldn't have the conscious ability generate new karma, so I disagree with Swamiji's answer to the question. I'm not even sure what this "conscious ability" might be that we have that non-human sentient beings do not. I think non-human sentient beings have the ability generate karma in the same way a human can.
✂️ Sentient Beings Subject to Karma?
33 seconds · Clipped by SalixIncendium · Original video "Swami Vivekananda on Karma & Freedom | Swami Sarvapriyananda" by Vedanta Society of New York
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Agree? Disagree? Why?
Personally, I cannot see the logic in why if a sentient being is subject to past karma that they wouldn't have the conscious ability generate new karma, so I disagree with Swamiji's answer to the question. I'm not even sure what this "conscious ability" might be that we have that non-human sentient beings do not. I think non-human sentient beings have the ability generate karma in the same way a human can.
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