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Warning: Please note below contains graphic animal rights images.............."To become vegetarian is to step into the stream which leads to nirvana." - Buddha.

Please note below contains graphic animal rights images


 

"Buddhism regards all living creatures as being endowed with the Buddha nature and the potential to become Buddhas. That's why Buddhism teaches us to refrain from killing and to liberate creatures instead." ~ Venerable Master Hsuan Hua "Liberating Life".................."When we hunt or fish, we deliberately kill a defenseless being who wishes us no harm. This is a direct violation of the First Precept. It is absolutely forbidden to Buddhists. As to eating meat, we know that the only way we can obtain it is for an animal to be killed. Therefore, when we eat meat, it is our intent that an innocent animal should die to satisfy our addiction to flesh. And that underlying intention- no matter how well hidden behind a smokescreen of rationalizations- will block the growth of compassion and create negative karma." ~ Norm Phelps..... The Great Compassion: Buddhism & Animal Rights........................"Sincere practitioners feel a natural, visceral compassion for the goats and sheep as if they were their old mothers. They will have nothing to do with killing them for the sake of meat. On the contrary, they save life eagerly; they ransom animals set aside for slaughter and release them. Otherwise, it is like trying to punch someone who isn't there. Showing compassion for animals after they have been killed and the meat is being eaten- reciting mantras for the animal's sake- is nothing but a silly game." - Shabkar Tsogdruk Rangdrol --- Food of Bodhisattvas: Buddhist Teachings on Abstaining from Meat ..........................."There are three ways of killing that we, as Buddhists, have to restrain: either by directly killing, indirectly killing, or rejoicing to see others be killed. Not only does this apply to human life, it should be also extended to all living beings." ~ Zen Master Thich Thanh Tu Protect our non human animal friends How you can help

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