VEGETARIANISMVEGETARIANISM

“ “ Everyone in the business: the Everyone in the business: the one who abets, the one who cuts, one who abets, the one who cuts, the one who kills, the one who the one who kills, the one who sells, the one who prepares, the sells, the one who prepares, the one who offers, the one who eats.. one who offers, the one who eats.. All are killers. ”All are killers. ”

Sri krishnaSri krishna

“ “ For fear of causing terror For fear of causing terror to living beings.. Let the to living beings.. Let the Bodhisatva who is Bodhisatva who is disciplining himself to attain disciplining himself to attain compassion refrain from compassion refrain from eating flesh. ”eating flesh. ”

-Gautama Buddha-Gautama Buddha

“ “ And the flesh of slain beasts In And the flesh of slain beasts In his body will become his own his body will become his own tomb. For I tell you truly, he tomb. For I tell you truly, he who kills, kills himself. And who kills, kills himself. And who so eats the flesh of slain who so eats the flesh of slain beasts, beasts,

eats the body of death ”.eats the body of death ”.

- - Jesus ChristJesus Christ

“ God doesn’t like the flesh and blood that you offer as sacrifice . He expects nothing but your absolute faith. ”

-Quran

““People who are eat meat are responsible for People who are eat meat are responsible for all the pain that grows out of meat-eating, and all the pain that grows out of meat-eating, and which is necessitated by the use of sentient which is necessitated by the use of sentient animals as food.”animals as food.”

-Annie Besant-Annie Besant

“ “ It is both auspicious and It is both auspicious and peaceful for people to choose peaceful for people to choose vegetarianism. ”vegetarianism. ”

-Albert Einstein-Albert Einstein

“ “ As long as there are As long as there are slaughterhouses, there slaughterhouses, there will be battlefields. A will be battlefields. A vegetarian diet is the vegetarian diet is the acid test of acid test of humanitarianism. ”humanitarianism. ”

--Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy

“ “ The greatness of a nation and its The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.its animals are treated.

- - Mahatma GandhiMahatma Gandhi

“ “ To feed on death is To feed on death is to become food for to become food for death. To live by other’s death. To live by other’s pain is to become a prey pain is to become a prey for pain. So has decreed for pain. So has decreed the omni-will. Know the omni-will. Know that and choose your that and choose your course. ”course. ”

-Mikhail Naimy-Mikhail Naimy

“ “Food affects the Food affects the mind. For the mind. For the practice of any kind practice of any kind of yoga of yoga vegetarianism is vegetarianism is absolutely absolutely necessary. since it necessary. since it makes the mind makes the mind more satvic.. Pure more satvic.. Pure and Harmonious.”and Harmonious.”

-Ramana Maharshi-Ramana Maharshi

“ “ Animals are brothers and Animals are brothers and sisters , because man has sisters , because man has come from them. They come from them. They are our family. To kill a are our family. To kill a man is only to kill an man is only to kill an evolved animal. To kill evolved animal. To kill an animal is just to kill an animal is just to kill somebody who is not yet somebody who is not yet evolved.”evolved.”

-Osho-Osho

“ “ A carnivorous diet is fatal to real A carnivorous diet is fatal to real development, and produces the most development, and produces the most undesirable results on both astral and undesirable results on both astral and mental bodies.”mental bodies.”

-C.W.Leadbeater-C.W.Leadbeater

“ “The spiritual aspects of a The spiritual aspects of a vegetarian diet are that it is very clean and vegetarian diet are that it is very clean and non-violent ! “ Though shall not kill “.. non-violent ! “ Though shall not kill “.. Do not kill any beings .. Eating vegetarian Do not kill any beings .. Eating vegetarian food makes us grander, greater happier food makes us grander, greater happier and limitless. ”and limitless. ”

-Ching Hai-Ching Hai