Moonpointer : Buddhist Vegan Fellowship

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Music by Choyling Drolma and Steve Tibbetts.
– Songs “Chenrezig” & “Padmesambava”

I had a discussion with a friend about how the Four Noble Truths and Noble Eightfold Path link with vegetarianism, and I came across “The Complete Book of Buddha’s Lists” (Explained by David N. Snyder, Ph.D.) , in which there’s a question (and answer) which struck me to be very similiar to my understanding of the Eightfold path…

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An interview with Dr Tony Page; Interview by Claudette Vaughan, August 2000.

Buddhism is world-famous for its philosophy of compassion towards all people. Yet what precisely do its scriptures teach on the subject of humanity’s rightful relationship with the animal kingdom? Dr Tony Page recently wrote a book on that very subject calling it “Buddhism and Animals”.

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Now everyone can watch it online, at your own convenience, in the safety of your seats and behind the screen of real suffering.

This is one VCD that had converted many to vegetarianism.

By Dr. D.P. Atukorale

All Buddhists are expected to observe the five precepts. Out of these, when we observe the first precept, we promise not to take the life of any living being and not to harm any such being. It is quite clear that we cannot consume flesh without someone else killing the animals for us. If we do not consume meat or meat products, there will be no killing of animals. The first precept is an injunction against destroying life and hurting others.

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