Here we have selected a few of our favorite sites related to vegetarianism/veganism and the Dharma
Please listen with your heart to what you read here. After reading, contemplate what you have read. Try and empathise with the animals, their fear and suffering. From this will develop wisdom.
Within Buddhism wisdom includes compassion. We talk about compassionate wisdom or wise compassion because wisdom and compassion are not two different things, merely two sides of the same coin. We wish for you to develop a wise heart, a compassionate mind, and thus live a happy life that benefits both yourself and all other living beings.
A great site that seeks to help Buddhists to become vegetarian/vegan and to support those Buddhists practitioners who already practice a compassionate diet.
Dr Ron Epstein has compiled a great resource on Religion and Animal Rights. Check out the link on 'Buddhism and Animals.' You can also find a collection of his own writings about peace, ecology and animal rights.
SERV is an interfaith effort to gain a more humane, just, peaceful, and environmentally sustainable world.
The vegan society seeks ways of helping people live free from animal products for the benefit of people, animals and the environment.
Information about vegetarianism worldwide. The link takes you to an article by Lin Ching Shywan, on why Buddhists practice mercy for all living beings.
Animal Aid is the UK's largest animal rights group, founded in 1977. They campaign against all forms of animal abuse and promote a cruelty-free lifestyle.
A vast resource that answers hundreds of questions about Animal rights. Follow the links on this site, they take you to some great pages.
