Vegan Buddhism

What is Vegan Buddhism? Vegan Buddhism is an evolution towards a more altruistic and compassionate lifestyle that follows the first precept of Buddhism of non-harming (Pali, Sanskrit: ahimsa). Different from a vegetarian, a Vegan Buddhist helps eliminate animal suffering by not eating meat, eggs, dairy products or consuming any other product derived from an animal.

On the Vegan Buddhism Discussion Group please feel free to post or comment on anything you think is relative to this group. This includes anything relative to Vegan Buddhism, vegetarianism, Vegan Spirituality, Engaged Buddhism through compassionate diet and consumption, compassion towards animals, ahimsa, bodhichitta, animal liberation for spiritual reasons, Interfaith Vegan, and interfaith dialogue regarding compassion towards animals.

"My body is my temple. What I consume represents compassion or suffering. I choose compassion." - Alan Dale

"Compassion is the ultimate spiritual path to our higher self or God. The vegan choice is a choice for compassion with a reverence for all sentient beings. It is a communion that can transform us and make for a better world." - Alan Dale

"There is only this ever present moment to live compassionately with all life." - Alan Dale