Leanne J · @LDJ
146 followers · 1587 posts · Server mastodon.green

Wise words from Sir Paul McCartney in the newsletter:
“But why? Well, because I don’t see any reason to kill an animal if I don’t have to – if an animal is trying to kill me, well, maybe. But my real question is: why does anybody do that if they don’t have to? It blows my mind every day of my life." ❤️
@vegsoc

#ahimsa #vegetarian #kindness #veggielife

Last updated 1 year ago

Revista 15/15\15 · @revista
176 followers · 79 posts · Server 15-15-15.social
Tato Pece · @Pece
529 followers · 3011 posts · Server aus.social

I read a fascinating article on that is required reading for anyone with a interest. Written by (author of ), he states 5 core philosophical principles of veganism. They are, , , , , and .

veganfta.com/2023/05/13/the-fi

My favourite section:

“There are three pillars of the current system. The system is based on consumerism, which is what I call ‘greed is good’ rule. It’s a false axiom of consumerism, which says that the pursuit of happiness is best accomplished by stoking and satisfying a never-ending series of desires. It’s an axiom in our civilisation because you routinely see 3000 ads every day, and you think it’s normal. The second is the false axiom of supremacism, which is that life is a competitive game in which those who have gained an advantage may possess, enslave, and exploit animals, nature, and the disadvantaged, for their pursuit of happiness. This is what I call ‘the might is right’ rule. The third pillar is the false axiom of global hunger, because without global hunger you cannot get people to do some of these dirty jobs that no one would like to do — like slaughterhouse work, and people raising animals for food in the villages. They are not doing it because they want to do it, they’re doing it because they have to”.

He ends with a solution to this in a .

We can forever dream. 🌱

#veganism #vegan #jordicasamitjana #ethicalvegan #ahimsa #sentience #antiexploitation #antispeciesism #vicariousness #veganworld #govegan #VeganForTheAnimals #vegans #animalrights

Last updated 1 year ago

PSY5 ☸️ · @psy5
6 followers · 30 posts · Server hachyderm.io

Para los hispano hablantes que les interesa la alimentación no animal o son vegetarianos y veganos 🌱, tenéis esta estupenda revista a vuestra disposición. unionvegetariana.org/revista-v

#vegan #veganfood #vegetariano #vegano #noviolencia #ahimsa #uve

Last updated 1 year ago

apiecha · @apiecha
37 followers · 355 posts · Server muenster.im
शिवदम् Ⓥ · @Shivadam
65 followers · 153 posts · Server mastodon.world

The whole world we travel with our thoughts, finding nowhere anyone as precious as one’s own self. Since each and every person is so precious to themselves let the self respecting harm no other being.

From the Samyutta Nikaya

#Metta #kindness #love #dharma #buddha #ahimsa #nonviolence

Last updated 2 years ago

apiecha · @apiecha
32 followers · 245 posts · Server muenster.im
apiecha · @apiecha
32 followers · 242 posts · Server muenster.im

If there is to be peace in the world,
There must be peace in the nations.
If there is to be peace in the nations,
There must be peace in the cities.
If there is to be peace in the cities,
There must be peace between neighbors.
If there is to be peace between neighbors,
There must be peace in the home.
If there is to be peace in the home,
There must be peace in the heart.

Lao Tzu

#kindness #Metta #love #ahimsa #nonviolence #peace

Last updated 2 years ago

“The true revolutionary does not play other people’s games including the game of violence”

Sangharakshita.

#peace #nonviolence #ahimsa #sangha #dharma #buddha #threejewels #triratna #sangharakshita

Last updated 2 years ago

All over the world, everybody always strikes out at the enemy, and the pain escalates for ever. Every day we could reflect on this and ask ourselves, " Am I going to add to the aggression in the world?" Every day when things get edgy, we can just ask ourselves, "Am I going to practice peace, or am I going to war?"

Peema Chodron

#peemachodron #buddhism #Metta #nonvioence #ahimsa #peace

Last updated 2 years ago

apiecha · @apiecha
30 followers · 219 posts · Server muenster.im
apiecha · @apiecha
29 followers · 212 posts · Server muenster.im
apiecha · @apiecha
29 followers · 211 posts · Server muenster.im

There are some that want power
No matter at ŵhat cost.
And many innocent peoples,
Lives will be lost.
Let’s all live in a world,
Where everyone is kind.
Before an eye for an eye,
Makes us all blind.
A world without hate,
Instead kindness and love.
A world full of beauty,
Like the wings of a dove.
To end all wars,
There is only one thing to do.
Every soldier in this world,
Should break their rifle in two.

Extract from Broken Rifle by Michael Roan

#wri #ahimsa #nonviolence #peace

Last updated 2 years ago

शिवदम् Ⓥ · @Shivadam
65 followers · 153 posts · Server mastodon.world
शिवदम् Ⓥ · @Shivadam
65 followers · 153 posts · Server mastodon.world

For those creating
suffering at every level
I send Metta which includes you as well.

May you be free from hate,
May you be free from fear.
May you be free from ignorance.
May all beings be safe and protected.

#ahimsa #nonviolence #Metta

Last updated 2 years ago

All beings tremble before violence.
All fear death.
All love life.

See yourself in others.
Then whom can you hurt?
What harm can you do?

Dhammapada

#compassion #love #Metta #ahimsa #nonviolence

Last updated 2 years ago