How could we possibly crave for milk or cheese when we all know that cow’s milk belong to the calf? How could we separate the calf from its mother when it is only a day old?
Videos have shown the desperation the mother cow chasing after her calf when it was
intentionally and cruelly separated from the mother by human beings. Yes, human beings who have long forgotten how they were taken care of by their mother and how they need their mother to survive!
Such livelihood is immoral and unethical, so does ignoring the pain and suffering of a cow. The sight of a mother cow having to produce large quality of milk throughout her entire life is heart wrenching. There is so much pain that I could even feel them. Sadly, human mothers turn a blind eye. What a shame!
Elephant or cow, cats, dogs, horses, birds, rats or penguins, they all love their child! From the grieving mother elephant, we all know we are all the same!
Being a vegan is hard and life being an animal in a factory farm, laboratory, fur farm and places where exploitation towards them is even harder. I’ve always wondered, which part of pain that humans do not understand?
During the Buddha’s time, the human population wasn’t as great as today. Today, we all know that animals are intentionally killed for us. I would say that the three conditions that the Buddha allowed the monastic to eat meat is no longer valid today. The sufferings of the animals is way beyond imagination and comprehension.
Ajahn Sujato and Ajahn Vajiro and many more are vegetarian. They are from the Theravada tradition. They are not defying the Buddha’s instruction. They have understood the conditions that being a vegan is necessary today!
We can get all the nutrients from plants and we don’t need animals at all. If a nutrient is lacking in our body, before we eat, believe that the nutrient that we need is already readily contained in the vegetable that we are going to eat. Our right mindset is very important!
Compassion towards all sentient beings does not stop at visualising but in action!
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