Introduction Recently, I interviewed Maneka Gandhi about her work on animal welfare and protection in India. She spontaneously told me of her telling the 14th Dalai Lama to stop “boasting” to everyone about eating meat for health reasons, and that at her request he stopped eating meat but then later he reverted back to eating… Continue reading THE QUESTION ON WHETHER BUDDHA PERMITTED EATING SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS “FOR HEALTH”: PAST AND PRESENT CONSIDERATIONS. The “absurd” meat-for-health diet of 14th Dalai Lama, the Shakyamuni Buddha’s Vinaya rules, three-fold purity rule, modern science and factory farming methods, and examples of great Buddhist masters who refused meat even when severely sick
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The differing influences of the 14th Dalai Lama and 17th Karmapa on animal welfare, eating animals and the environment (Maneka Gandhi interview 2026)
"However, as God would have it, or as the universe would have it, the 17th Karmapa came along....the man is like an angel sent from God. There is something so powerful and so spiritual about this young man. As soon as he came, I think he was 16 or 17 from China. He immediately started… Continue reading The differing influences of the 14th Dalai Lama and 17th Karmapa on animal welfare, eating animals and the environment (Maneka Gandhi interview 2026)
“REDUCING SUFFERING: DEFENDING THE VOICELESS IN INDIA”: On Animals, Women and Courage an interview with Maneka Gandhi (Dakini Conversations: Ep. 10)
“I believe my life only has meaning if it reduces some amount of suffering.” "I think I was born interested in animals, but it's not so much interested in animals as I seriously don't see the difference between an ant, a dog, an elephant, me. So, I was born with that kind of awareness." "Unless… Continue reading “REDUCING SUFFERING: DEFENDING THE VOICELESS IN INDIA”: On Animals, Women and Courage an interview with Maneka Gandhi (Dakini Conversations: Ep. 10)
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