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When I look out into the world, I see the forces that would bring us disaster. I see the deep night of unthinkable cruelty and blindness. But I also look within the human heart and find something of love there, something that cares and shines out into the dark universe like a bright beacon. And in the shining of that light, I feel the dreams and prayers of all beings. In the shining of that beacon I feel all of our hopes for a better future, and the strength to do what we are here to do. May all be fed. May all be healed. May all be loved. John Robins |
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"You must not use your God-given body for killing God's creatures, whether they are human, animal or whatever." - Yajur Veda 12.32.90 (>10,000 -5,000 BC) "Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags." -Proverbs 23:19-21 "I do not regard flesh-food as necessary
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"Ahimsa is not causing pain to any living being at any time through the actions of one's mind, speech, or body." - Sandilya Upanishad "He who injures harmless creatures from a wish to give himself pleasure, never finds happiness in this life or the next." - Manu Samhita 5.45 "He will devour in the next world, whose flesh I eat in this life; the wise declare this to be the real meaning of the word 'flesh' ." - Manu Samhita 5.55 "The sins generated by violence curtail the life of the perpetrator. Therefore, even those who are anxious for their own welfare should abstain from meat-eating." - Mahabharat, Anu.115.33 "He who desires to augment his own flesh by eating the flesh of other creatures, lives in misery in whatever species he may take his [next] birth." - Mahabharat, Anu.115.47 "Those sinful persons who are ignorant of actual religious principles...commit violence against innocent animals..." - Shrimad Bhagavat Purana 11.5.14 "Ahimsa is the greatest religion." - Padma Purana 1.31.27 S
"Even for the purpose of a deity or ancestral yagna (sacrificial
offering), [devotees] should not kill animals like goat, deer, rabbit,
or fish, because all scriptures reveal that non-violence is itself the
greatest religion." Swaminarayan Bhagwan's first command in the
Shikshapatri, verse 11.
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Bhaarat: The Largest Ancient Democracy (A Continental Super State Under Secular Principles) Vegetarian Links "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by
the way its animals are treated.
"I hold today the same opinion as I held then. To my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being. I should be unwilling to take the life of a lamb for the sake of the human body. I hold that, the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it is to protection by man from the cruelty of man." Mahatma Gandhi, An Autobiography, the Story of My Experiments |
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Om! Asatoma
Sadgamaya, Tamasoma Jyotirgamaya, Mrityorma Amritamgamaya, Om Shantih,
Shantih, Shantih!
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