Comments on: Pockets of Change: Spreading Vegetarianism in a Buddhist Community http://loveallbeings.org/blog/pockets-of-change-spreading-vegetarianism-in-a-buddhist-community/ Living Opposed to Violence and Exploitation Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:58:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jordan Rothstein http://loveallbeings.org/blog/pockets-of-change-spreading-vegetarianism-in-a-buddhist-community/comment-page-1/#comment-281 Jordan Rothstein Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:35:47 +0000 http://loveallbeings.org/?p=340#comment-281 Buddhist Vegetarian Leafleting: I make leaflets that are specific to the event I'm going to. This gets people interested in reading the leaflet. Examples: Dalai Lama was teaching philosophy in San Francisco; leaflet said 'Dalai Lama Advocates Vegetarianism'. Dalai Lama was speaking in Berkeley on 'Peace Through Compassion'; leaflet said 'Compassion Through Vegetarianism'. Karmapa was in Seattle; leaflet said 'Karmapa Advocates Vegetarianism', and it told people Karmapa is a vegetarian, and wants them to become vegetarian, or at least eat less meat. A lama was teaching meditation, based on a text by Shabkar, a historic teacher; leaflet said 'Shabkar Taught Vegetarianism', had quotes from him, and told them that if Shabkar lived now, he would ask them to stop eating meat. (Shabkar rocks, see http://shabkar.org/) Some leaflets are mostly veg quotes, some are arguments for going veg. At the bottom of the leaflet it says 'Learn More About Compassion & Vegetarianism' & has links to veg sites. In Seattle, I included links to some local organizations. My site http://vegpeace.org/ has a Buddhist vegetarian page, mostly relevant to Tibetan Buddhism because that's the tradition I'm in; might expand that into several pages, including quotes & etc about other traditions. http://vegpeace.org/buddhistvegetarian.html One of my sites lists local Tibetan Buddhist events, and has links to vegan sites. Every time someone uses the site to find out what's upcoming, they see those veg links. Need to add some veg articles there also. http://bayvajra.info/ It's difficult to find Buddhists who are willing to do leafleting. Vegan/AR activists have helped hand out leaflets at larger events; at smaller events I just do it myself. Some people who have received the leaflets have told me they would go veg, or that they were lapsed vegetarians and would return to vegetarianism. Buddhist Vegetarian Leafleting:

I make leaflets that are specific to the event I’m going to. This gets people interested in reading the leaflet. Examples: Dalai Lama was teaching philosophy in San Francisco; leaflet said ‘Dalai Lama Advocates Vegetarianism’. Dalai Lama was speaking in Berkeley on ‘Peace Through Compassion’; leaflet said ‘Compassion Through Vegetarianism’. Karmapa was in Seattle; leaflet said ‘Karmapa Advocates Vegetarianism’, and it told people Karmapa is a vegetarian, and wants them to become vegetarian, or at least eat less meat. A lama was teaching meditation, based on a text by Shabkar, a historic teacher; leaflet said ‘Shabkar Taught Vegetarianism’, had quotes from him, and told them that if Shabkar lived now, he would ask them to stop eating meat. (Shabkar rocks, see http://shabkar.org/)

Some leaflets are mostly veg quotes, some are arguments for going veg. At the bottom of the leaflet it says ‘Learn More About Compassion & Vegetarianism’ & has links to veg sites. In Seattle, I included links to some local organizations. My site http://vegpeace.org/ has a Buddhist vegetarian page, mostly relevant to Tibetan Buddhism because that’s the tradition I’m in; might expand that into several pages, including quotes & etc about other traditions. http://vegpeace.org/buddhistvegetarian.html

One of my sites lists local Tibetan Buddhist events, and has links to vegan sites. Every time someone uses the site to find out what’s upcoming, they see those veg links. Need to add some veg articles there also. http://bayvajra.info/

It’s difficult to find Buddhists who are willing to do leafleting. Vegan/AR activists have helped hand out leaflets at larger events; at smaller events I just do it myself.

Some people who have received the leaflets have told me they would go veg, or that they were lapsed vegetarians and would return to vegetarianism.

]]> By: fiercefemme http://loveallbeings.org/blog/pockets-of-change-spreading-vegetarianism-in-a-buddhist-community/comment-page-1/#comment-280 fiercefemme Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:22:07 +0000 http://loveallbeings.org/?p=340#comment-280 Thanks for posting this Victor. I am Buddhist as well, and while my meditation center has a vegetarian policy for all events/shared meals, I'd say the majority of members are not vegetarians. I do find that many folks are open to the topic when I bring it up, and I've been able to hand out a fair share of educational materials this way. A couple of weeks ago I took a member of my center who wanted to transition on a grocery shopping trip to help him pick out vegetarian foods. I also just linked to Jordan's site on an online Buddhist discussion group of which I'm a member. Thanks for posting this Victor. I am Buddhist as well, and while my meditation center has a vegetarian policy for all events/shared meals, I’d say the majority of members are not vegetarians. I do find that many folks are open to the topic when I bring it up, and I’ve been able to hand out a fair share of educational materials this way. A couple of weeks ago I took a member of my center who wanted to transition on a grocery shopping trip to help him pick out vegetarian foods.

I also just linked to Jordan’s site on an online Buddhist discussion group of which I’m a member.

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