The below is a set of answers I helped to write for Makan Sutra (MS) upon request via a friend. MS is not to be mistaken as an actual spiritual sutra. In fact, it’s a very worldly guide for indulgence in all kinds of foods, including animals. It’s kind of an abuse of the word...

He wants to donate his organs and body upon death later, as part of his ‘Bodhisattva practice’ to help other sentient beings. It’s wonderful. But he should also consider not eating the organs and bodies of other sentient beings while alive now. Related Article: Am I Ready...

Super Short Story (193): Celebration They thought he was a killjoy when he remarked that it’s better that they don’t celebrate by feasting on meat. He replied that he is not anti-celebration, but that life’s celebrations should be life-affirming instead of death-affirming....

Please don’t mistake the animals’ writhing in pain to be a dance of joy. Please don’t mistake the animals’ shrieks of terror to be shrills of delight. Please don’t forget these sights and sounds even if only conjured in your mind. Please don’t forget you...

Super Short Story (158): Cat She considers herself an animal-lover. But she loves cats especially, and feeds strays daily with affection, with cat-food made from other animals though. For some reason that she’s probably not mindful of, this doesn’t seem to bother her a bit, since...

Jonathan Safran Foer’s book title does not imply animal-eaters only eat animals and do nothing else. It is a way to de-objectify animals as merely ‘meat’. (As inspired by a recent post: http://moonpointer.com/new/2012/11/what-ego-trip Any likeness is, well, just inspired,...

What Ego Trip? It’s bizarre that some animal-eaters actually believe lifelong veganism is a possible ego trip. If it is so, vegans sure make great efforts for their entire lives, to keep their egos inflated – but for what? Do they get paid or any special benefits from those who...

Sam & Sara #388: Cruciality Sara: He says being vegetarian isn’t crucial at all! Sam: He should tell that face to face with the animals about to be killed for him. Sara: If they could, what might they say? Sam: They would say eating them isn’t crucial at all! Sara: While...

Super Short Story (118): Animals He’s super eager in campaigning against abuse of domestic pets, which is wonderful. However, he eats other domesticated [read: enslaved, tortured and murdered] animals too. She’s super eager in campaigning against meat consumption. She...

Q: Some material in pro-vege talks seem overly exaggerated. A: Which material do you feel are exaggerated? Do share. Can you find on the internet graphics of the animals being treated or slaughtered in non-horrible ways, that you feel will be equally, if not more effective in awakening our...

Q: Your talk on vegetarianism/veganism was very thought-provoking and I enjoyed it. However, I think you were pushing too hard that Buddhists should be vegan, although a few times you did say ‘just eat less meat’. The videos and posters featured from vegan or animal-lover...

From Zweiya: How can we think badly of those who consume meat when some are also our family members and friends? Veganism advocates a more compassionate lifestyle, but we are aware that by itself, it doesn’t make anyone holy or pure. We never claim so anyway. It’s just not fair that while...

From Zweiya: We never did tell anyone that we do not care about insects or worms. It is very unfortunate that some insects or worms have to die while our food are being cultivated and harvested. What we can do is to reduce suffering. Veganism is exactly the way. And if you have a choice, go...

From Dreamy of living-vegan.blogspot.com : The Buddha did not say veganism is extreme. He did not say the Middle Path is eating meat. You can find in many Mahayana sutras that he even encourages a vegetarian/vegan lifestyle that does the least harm to animals. Scriptures and sutras aside....

Last week, I gave a talk on the value of veganism. During the Q&A session, two participants brought up points along this line: ‘The conditions in factory farms might not be as intense as that featured in animal activist groups’ videos. And dairy cows are “put down”...

From ConscienceSpeaking: (On the suggestion that blogging on veganism is off the Middle Path): What Middle Path? Is anyone blogging about veganism extreme, off the Middle Path? Was the Buddha’s teaching against violence not of the Middle Path? Have never heard of vegans who point guns at...

From Nemo: It is kind of bizarre when non-vegans claim that there are vegans who are lousy in other aspects of life, even as they are kind to animals; that there are non-vegans who are good in other aspects of life other than choice of consumption (yes, veganism is not just about food but...

They call you extremist because you don’t eat flesh. They believe humans should decide the animals’ fate. Yet they forgot the story of young prince Siddhartha (who became the Buddha) and Devattada fighting over a wounded swan. They have forgotten the moral of the story –...

Sam & Sara #387: Queue Sara: Look at this picture! Why are the terrified animals forced to line up to be killed? Sam: Because there are people happily lining up to buy their flesh… Sara: … who have forgotten about the unhappiness of their owners. Just as we wouldn’t...

The headline read, ‘McDonald’s Goes Vegetarian — In India’. Some branches at least. Well, for making more money, makes ‘cents’ for them to do that. Just hope they don’t use the profits to open more meat-intensive outlets...