Dalai Lama becomes vegetarian again!

“Lately I have turned to a vegetarian diet. Today’s youth, particularly the ones who have come from Tibet and have a refugee status must inculcate these principles for their own development and to have peace of mind. The message from mahakaruna [Sanskrit: ‘great compassion’] has clearly asked us to follow and preach love and compassion for all living beings.”

The Dalai Lama’s noble action is an inspiration to people around the world and is especially admirable because he changed his diet at the age of seventy. Actually, he had wished to be vegetarian from an early age but was hindered by the curious beliefs of his personal physicians.

Another true vegetarian hero from Tibet is the monk Geshe Thupten Phelgye, who, after practicing in retreat for several years, founded the Universal Compassion Movement, (www.universalcompassion.org) in 1998. The Movement promotes vegetarianism and compassion for all sentient beings through various means, including distributing vegetarian flyers around Dharamsala.

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More information about the growth of vegetarianism in the Tibetan Buddhist movement can be found in this article:

http://www.chinghai.org.tw/eng/news/160/vg6.htm

Why vegan?

http://vegan.org/

Campaign for Animal Rights

http://www.viva.org.uk/

Dalai Lama

http://www.dalailama.com/

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The eight-fold dinner menu — Danny
long live the REPUBLIC! — M Z Dong
My vegetarian hero — Danny
Better late than never — Rubber Rich
buddhist christmas present — Danny
Dalai Lama becomes vegetarian again! — Brutus
religion is poison! — user736351848
A bit late but .. — OnlyOneLifeLeft
Dalai Lama eats veal!! — Rubber Ritchie
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