Hello Dharma Friends,
I wanted to spread the word about the Vegan Dharma Challenge 2017. This is an event linked with a growing movement within Dharma communities of considering how our choices, particularly food, contribute to the massive suffering and death of millions of non-human animals. It is an invitation to extend the circle of compassion wider, beyond just humans and our beloved pets, to all animals through trying a compassionate diet for one month.
The founders of the Vegan Dharma Challenge describe it this way:
Compassion, ethical conduct and renunciation are all core ideals and values of the Dharma. We would like to invite you on a journey of exploring these themes, deepening your personal practice and protecting the world by following a vegan diet for one month. Through our time together we will provide talks and reflections on different aspects of veganism and the Dharma, as well as possibilities for sharing experiences, joys, challenges, recipes, and thoughts and questions with other participants.
Please consider it and share with dharma friends. You can register and learn more on their webpage: http://vegandharma.org/
You can also join their group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/344472329272952/
Here are links to a couple articles where you can learn more about how animals are treated on factory farms:
And on a related note, Buddhist monk and scholar, the Venerable Matthieu Ricard, just wrote a book on this topic, "A Plea for the Animals: The Moral, Philosophical, and Evolutionary Imperative to Treat All Beings with Compassion". You can see him speak briefly to the Huffington Post on this issue here:
Love and Blessings,
Alex
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For all beings,
Alexandra Arbogast, LICSW, RYT
Integrative Psychotherapist
Mindfulness Coach
Yoga Teacher
"We need to extend altruism and benevolence to ALL sentient beings, for they are our co-citizens in this world." -Venerable Matthieu Ricard, a vegan Buddhist monk and author of "A Plea for the Animals: The Moral, Philosophical, and Evolutionary Imperative to Treat All Beings with Compassion" (http://www.matthieuricard.org/en/)
"The Dharma is Love. When you see how your love touches others, it will become your happiness to give your happiness away. Love is the only cause of happiness. Its nature is all-pervasive like space. Love is the sunlight of the mind." -Garchen Rinpoche
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