“I believe my life only has meaning if it reduces some amount of suffering.” "Unless we change our food choices, nothing else matters. Because it is meat that is destroying most of our forests. It is meat that pollutes the waters. It is meat that is creating disease which leads to all our money being… Continue reading “REDUCING SUFFERING: DEFENDING THE VOICELESS IN INDIA”: On Animals, Women and Courage an interview with Maneka Gandhi (Dakini Conversations podcast)
Tag: Animal Rights
SEASON’S GOOD WILL TO ANIMALS: Update and action request to email the Bodhi Temple management committee
To all those who signed this petition, a big thank you and Season's Greetings today! Christmas is a time of year when people show love, kindness and generosity to each other and spend time with their families. However, not for animals bred and cooped up for long hours without movement to slaughter with no love… Continue reading SEASON’S GOOD WILL TO ANIMALS: Update and action request to email the Bodhi Temple management committee
PLEASE SIGN AND SHARE PETITION: Ban animal cruelty, slaughter and sale of meat near Buddhist temples and sacred sites
Please sign and share new petition to ban animal cruelty, slaughter and sale of meat near Buddhist temples and sacred sites: https://www.change.org/p/ban-animal-slaughter-and-sale-of-meat-near-buddhist-temples-and-sacred-sites For practising Buddhists, animal lovers and environmentalists it is deeply disturbing to witness the increasing prevalence of slaughterhouses and the commercial selling of meat, near sacred Buddhist sites in India, Nepal and South-East… Continue reading PLEASE SIGN AND SHARE PETITION: Ban animal cruelty, slaughter and sale of meat near Buddhist temples and sacred sites
“WHY BUDDHISTS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO EAT ANIMALS”: Launch of ‘Buddhism in a Nutshell” short reels series (I)
For the full Strawberry Moon (and Summer Solstice), I am delighted to launch a new short video reels series, called "Buddhism in a Nutshell" (available on Instagram and Facebook pages). This series is to give short (and hopefully easy-to understand) explanations of key fundamental concepts and ideas in Buddhist philosophy and practice. The first reel… Continue reading “WHY BUDDHISTS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO EAT ANIMALS”: Launch of ‘Buddhism in a Nutshell” short reels series (I)
ANIMAL LIBERATION, SAVING LIVES. ETHICS AND CONTROVERSIES: A conversation with ‘dangerous philosopher’ and author of the groundbreaking and influential book ‘Animal Liberation’, Prof. Peter Singer (Dakini Conversations podcast (Ep. 8))
“Racists violate the principle of equality by giving greater weight to the interests of members of their own race when there is a clash between their interests and the interests of those of another race. Sexists violate the principle of equality by favoring the interests of their own sex. Similarly, speciesists allow the interests of… Continue reading ANIMAL LIBERATION, SAVING LIVES. ETHICS AND CONTROVERSIES: A conversation with ‘dangerous philosopher’ and author of the groundbreaking and influential book ‘Animal Liberation’, Prof. Peter Singer (Dakini Conversations podcast (Ep. 8))