When virtuous mental attitudes, like mindfulness, respect, and compassion, are invoked to justify nonvirtuous acts like hunting, fishing, and eating animal products,… — Norm Phelps Copy Share Image
If we are not able to bring the churches, the synagogues, [and] the mosques around to the animal rights view, we will… — Norm Phelps Copy Share Image
Farmed animals are not future Buddhas donating their flesh out of compassion for those of us who have developed a craving for… — Norm Phelps Copy Share Image
The beginning of mindful eating is the realization that eating meat is not about the meat-eater; it is about the animals who… — Norm Phelps Copy Share Image
Buddhism cannot be true to itself until Buddhists resolve their ambivalence toward nonhuman animals and extend the full protection of their compassion… — Norm Phelps Copy Share Image
When we hunt or fish, we deliberately kill a defenseless being who wishes us no harm. This is a direct violation of… — Norm Phelps Copy Share Image
Veganism is simply letting compassion guide our choice of food. As such, it is a basic Buddhist practice that ought to be expected of… — Norm Phelps Copy Share Image
When virtuous mental attitudes, like mindfulness, respect, and compassion, are invoked to justify nonvirtuous acts like hunting, fishing, and eating animal products, the mental… — Norm Phelps Copy Share Image
It is a feeble compassion that pulls up short where self-interest begins. — Norm Phelps Copy Share Image
The Buddha's teaching leads us to the realization that we must always strive to harm no sentient being, human or nonhuman, whether or not… — Norm Phelps Copy Share Image
If we are not able to bring the churches, the synagogues, [and] the mosques around to the animal rights view, we will never make… — Norm Phelps Copy Share Image
Farmed animals are not future Buddhas donating their flesh out of compassion for those of us who have developed a craving for it. They… — Norm Phelps Copy Share Image
The beginning of mindful eating is the realization that eating meat is not about the meat-eater; it is about the animals who are tormented… — Norm Phelps Copy Share Image
Buddhism cannot be true to itself until Buddhists resolve their ambivalence toward nonhuman animals and extend the full protection of their compassion to the… — Norm Phelps Copy Share Image
When we hunt or fish, we deliberately kill a defenseless being who wishes us no harm. This is a direct violation of the First… — Norm Phelps Copy Share Image
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