“The perpetuators of the Buddha dharma have a moral responsibility to the rest of humanity to be at the forefront of the change away from blood-letting and killing, and not surreptitiously fostering it because of their lack of will to change their habits or mode of thinking concerning the animal kingdom.” ThinkingHumanityAnimalResponsibilityMoralBloodHabitKillingKingdomsBuddhistDharmaMoral ResponsibilityFosteringAnimal Kingdom Book:Karma and the Rebirth of Consciousness Source: Karma and the Rebirth of Consciousness
“When virtuous mental attitudes, like mindfulness, respect, and compassion, are invoked to justify nonvirtuous acts like hunting, fishing, and eating animal products, the mental attitudes are insincere. They are self-deceptions that we create to justify habits that in our hearts we know are wrong, but to which we have become attached.” KnowsHeartSelfAnimalAttitudeCompassionProductsHabitMindfulnessEatingBuddhistDeceptionFishingJustifyHuntingVirtuousSelf DeceptionMental AttitudeEating AnimalsInsincere Author:Norm Phelps
“In the Buddhist texts, some of them say, when you die, basically that wild horse gets cut loose, and the mind is incredibly powerful and expansive, omniscient and can go anywhere and see anything, but - and this is the catch - it's colored by the habits of thought we made in life.” MindMadeDiesPowerfulCuttingHabitHorseBuddhistOmniscientWild Horses Author:George Saunders