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- “The eating of meat extinguishes the seed of great compassion.”
The Buddha Mahaparinirvana Sutra
- “How can one, who eats the flesh of others to swell his flesh,
show compassion?” – Tiruvalluvar, Tirukkural
- “He who, seeking his own happiness, punishes or kills beings who
also long for happiness, will not find happiness after death.” –
Buddha Dhammapada Discourses
- “Meat-eating is condemned by the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and
Sravakas; if one devours meat out of shamelessness he will always be
devoid of sense.” – The Buddha, Lankavatara Sutra
- “Those who have forsaken the killing of all; those who are
helpmates to all; those who are a sanctuary to all; those men are in
the way of heaven”. Hitopadesa (Ancient stories book from India)
- “All beings hate pains; therefore one should not kill them. This
is the quintessence of wisdom: not to kill anything” Sutrakritanga
(Jain religion – one of the oldest religion of India)
- “Let him not destroy, or cause to be destroyed, any life at all,
nor sanction the acts of those who do so. Let him refrain from even
hurting any creature, both those that are strong and those that
tremble in the world. Suita-Nipata” (Buddhist Sutras)
- “To be nonviolent to human beings and to be a killer or enemy of
the poor animals is Satan’s philosophy. In this age there is always
enmity against poor animals, and therefore the poor creatures are
always anxious. The reaction of the poor animals is being forced on
human society, and therefore there is always strain of cold or hot
war between men, individually, collectively or nationally.” – A. C.
Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, in Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.10.6)
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