Norm Phelps

Veganism is simply letting compassion guide our choice of food. As such, it is a basic Buddhist practice that ought to be…

— Norm Phelps

When virtuous mental attitudes, like mindfulness, respect, and compassion, are invoked to justify nonvirtuous acts like hunting, fishing, and eating animal products,…

— Norm Phelps

It is a feeble compassion that pulls up short where self-interest begins.

— Norm Phelps

The Buddha's teaching leads us to the realization that we must always strive to harm no sentient being, human or nonhuman, whether…

— Norm Phelps

If we are not able to bring the churches, the synagogues, [and] the mosques around to the animal rights view, we will…

— Norm Phelps

Farmed animals are not future Buddhas donating their flesh out of compassion for those of us who have developed a craving for…

— Norm Phelps

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

Buddhism cannot be true to itself until Buddhists resolve their ambivalence toward nonhuman animals and extend the full protection of their compassion…

— Norm Phelps

When we hunt or fish, we deliberately kill a defenseless being who wishes us no harm. This is a direct violation of…

— Norm Phelps