"Even at the cost of your own life, you must never kill other beings. Both evil human leaders filled with great pride And the evil caste of hunters chased by their own karma Will misunderstand this even if it is explained most properly and most clearly. He who has taken the Bodhisattva Vows, Has shame… Continue reading ARE ANIMALS PROTECTED IN BUDDHIST BHUTAN? Report on veganism and protecting animals and the environment in Bhutan, the outsourcing of slaughter to India, and the remarkable activities of Chatrel Rinpoche’s student, Lama Kunzang Dorje Rinpoche with the first vegan monastery in Bhutan, and the “Jangsa Animal Saving Trust (Bhutan III)
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Buddhism and Eating Animals: Is It Permissible or Not?
"It is not true, Mahāmati, that meat is proper food and permissible for the Śrāvaka when [the animal] was not killed by himself, when he did not order others to kill it, when it was not specially meant for him. "--Shakyamuni Buddha in Lankāvatāra Sūtra, Chapter 8 "How hateful this murdering beings ‘custom’!How hugely regrettable… Continue reading Buddhism and Eating Animals: Is It Permissible or Not?