“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)
Tag: Buddhist vegetarianism
EATING WITH LOVE: Protecting animals, the planet, health and other humans with our diet (World Vegan Day, November 1st)
“Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet.”-- Albert Einstein “The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated”.--Mahatma Gandhi "If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegetarian."--Paul McCartney Today for #WorldVeganDay I… Continue reading EATING WITH LOVE: Protecting animals, the planet, health and other humans with our diet (World Vegan Day, November 1st)
‘FOOD OF SINFUL DEMONS’ AND THE FAULTS OF EATING ANIMALS: Tibetan Buddhism and Tibet: Interview with Dr. Geoffrey Barstow (Dakini Conversations: Ep.4)
"Meat is a food for sinful demons." ---Nyammey Sherab Gyeltsen (1356-1415) Tibetan Bon master "I was struck, however, by Patrul [Rinpoche]’s mocking description of monks, beards tinged red from the bloody meat they were eating, covering their heads in shame. I had lived with Tibetans long enough to know that most ate meat with… Continue reading ‘FOOD OF SINFUL DEMONS’ AND THE FAULTS OF EATING ANIMALS: Tibetan Buddhism and Tibet: Interview with Dr. Geoffrey Barstow (Dakini Conversations: Ep.4)
RED-FACED ‘BEHIND THE TWO MOUNTAINS’: VISCERAL PAINTINGS ON WOVEN ‘FOREIGN AID SACKS’ OF MONKEY-ASS FACES, SKULLS, ‘SACRED COWS’, BLOODY MEAT AND ‘PURITY’: Tibetan contemporary artist, Tenzin Gyurmey’s solo exhibition in Dharamsala, an exclusive interview and review
"Whoever wants to engage people's interest must provoke them." --Salvador Dali "Creativity takes courage." --Henri Matisse "For me, art has one language and it is not relevant to divide the artistic legacy and production into Western or non-Western." --Subodh Gupta "If you are creating something new, a sign that you are doing something is when… Continue reading RED-FACED ‘BEHIND THE TWO MOUNTAINS’: VISCERAL PAINTINGS ON WOVEN ‘FOREIGN AID SACKS’ OF MONKEY-ASS FACES, SKULLS, ‘SACRED COWS’, BLOODY MEAT AND ‘PURITY’: Tibetan contemporary artist, Tenzin Gyurmey’s solo exhibition in Dharamsala, an exclusive interview and review