"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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‘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)