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Buddhist and Plant-Based Diet - Presentation at Himalayan Vegan Festival

From Eileen Weintraub, Founder, Help Animals India
February 2022

Buddhism has long held that all life forms are sacred and considers kindness and compassion the highest virtues. Moreoever, Buddhism explicitly includes animals in its moral universe. Buddhist rules of conduct — including the first precept, "Do not kill" — apply to our treatment of animals as well as to our treatment of other human beings.

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Buddha vegan

Buddhism is a religion that deeply preaches kindness and non-vi-olence to all life. “Sabbe Satta Bhavantu Sukhitatta” is a script that is often chanted in Buddhism which loosely translates to “May all beings be well” which is somehow connected to the core principle of Veganism ‘living a lifestyle that causes minimal suffering to any sentient beings. Find the path of spirituality through the act we do everyday ‘eating’.

The earliest Buddhist texts are clear about the fact that avoiding eating the animals, who are our fellow sentient beings , is conducive to walking the Buddhist path. Later Mahayana sutras and tantras also strongly go against eating them!

Greetings to everyone with very special thanks to the organizers of the conference. I am
honored and grateful to be given the opportunity to speak at this very special event.

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Illustration by Lasha Mutual. Purchase a print of this illustration in the Lion’s Roar online store.

Eileen Weintraub
Speakers (Left to Right) Eileen Weintraub (Founding Director, Help Animals India)
Vikshu Angphuri Sherpa (Author, plant-based health advocate & monk)
Monk Sumangalu (Thervada monk)

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