Quote of the day - Aug 6th

To avoid eating meat, particularly beef, is a good habit. It should not be done out of revulsion, nor out of belief that meat should not be eaten. Rather, it should arise from the noble understanding that animals should be given a chance to live and to fulfil their own karma. It should be because you understand that each being has feelings, wishes to live long, and fears pain and death. It should be because you understand that each being has, at some point in the beginningless cycle of samsara, been part of your family. How, then, could you desire to eat beings who may once have been your father, mother, brother, sister, children, or benefactors in their past existences?
10-Jan-1984 (2)