The birds and beasts and creeping things — ’tis writ — Had sense of Buddha’s vast embracing love, And took the promise of his piteous speech. From: Light of Asia, bk. 8… more →
Moonpointer : Buddhist Vegan FellowshipNelson wrote 1 year ago: World: Asia-Pacific Thailand's unsuitable statue The statue has become known as the "superm … more →
moonpointer wrote 2 years ago: The birds and beasts and creeping things — ’tis writ — Had sense of Buddha’s vast embrac … more →
moonpointer wrote 2 years ago: As the crisis of feeding the world’s population grows, breeding of animals for human consumpti … more →
moonpointer wrote 2 years ago: An understanding and acceptance of the theory of evolution is important because without that accepta … more →
moonpointer wrote 2 years ago: Kill and eat is not a Buddhist principle. From: “Export of meat products from Sri Lanka harms … more →
moonpointer wrote 2 years ago: It is sad to see how many American Buddhists are managing to find a self-satisfying accommodation to … more →
moonpointer wrote 2 years ago: On the Precept of Non-Harm These days many voices proclaim the sanctity of human life. Human life sh … more →
moonpointer wrote 2 years ago: Buddhism teaches us that all our suffering issues from our desires. A desirous mind state generates … more →
moonpointer wrote 2 years ago: Aware of the suffering caused by the destruction of life, I am committed to cultivating compassion a … more →
moonpointer wrote 2 years ago: Usually when people look at the Buddhist precepts, they understand them in terms of human relationsh … more →
moonpointer wrote 2 years ago: 1) Buddhism teaches the doctrine of karma, which is the law of cause and effect relating to our acti … more →
moonpointer wrote 2 years ago: In his final teachings before he physically left this earth, the Buddha foresaw that a situation wou … more →
moonpointer wrote 2 years ago: 1) It is a feeble compassion that pulls up short where self-interest begins. 2) The Buddha’s t … more →
moonpointer wrote 2 years ago: Being a vegetarian makes it easier for us to increase our loving kindness and compassion. From: Udum … more →
moonpointer wrote 2 years ago: Hatred might not come from the person who buy, cook or eat the meat, but the animals that got killed … more →
moonpointer wrote 3 years ago: See all living beings as your father or mother, and love them as if you were their child. … more →
moonpointer wrote 3 years ago: Generate compassion for lowly beings, and especially avoid despising or humiliating them. … more →
moonpointer wrote 3 years ago: Drinking wine and eating meat upset the mind-nature…; with clear tea and vegetarian food the m … more →
moonpointer wrote 3 years ago: 1) When we have acquired an awareness of the fact that all beings have been our mothers, and when th … more →