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To Cherish All Life: A Buddhist Case for Becoming Vegetarian

Book by Philip Kapleau · 3 quotes · Animal, Buddhist, Flesh

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“Ultimately the case for shunning animal flesh does not rest on what the Buddha allegedly said or didn't say. What is does rest on is our innate moral goodness, compassion, and pity which, when liberated, lead us to value all forms of life. It is obvious, then, that willfully to take life, or through the eating of meat indirectly to cause others to kill, runs counter to the deepest instincts of human beings.”