Buddhism cannot be true to itself until Buddhists resolve their ambivalence toward nonhuman animals and extend the full protection of their compassion to the most harmless and helpless of those who live at our mercy in the visible realms. — 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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