Ickevåld och mat, Gandhi, Jainism, hel-vegetarian, vegan

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Ett åtagande för ickevåld börjar med att inte sätta i sig våld i kroppen och inte bära våld på kroppen.
Gary L. Francione
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Här följer bara några citat som jag gillar:
"Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.
Mahatma Gandhi"
"Non-violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our being. Mahatma Gandhi
"At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love. Martin Luther King, Jr." (okej, inte från Gandhi, men tog med det)

"The most violent weapon on earth is the table fork." Gandhi

“I do feel that spiritual progress does demand at some stage that we should cease to kill our fellow creatures for the satisfaction of our bodily wants.” Mahatma Gandhi
"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.""
“It is necessary to correct the error that vegetarianism has made us weak in mind, or passive or inert in action. I do not regard flesh-food as necessary at any stage”    Mahatma Gandhi
“I hold flesh-food to be unsuited to our species. We err in copying the lower animal world if we are superior to it.”

"To my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being. I should be unwilling to take the life of a lamb for the sake of the human body." Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948)
It ill becomes us to invoke in our daily prayers the blessings of God, the Compassionate, if we in turn will not practice elementary compassion towards our fellow creatures.
—Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948)

Det är tydligt att Gandhi i ickevåld omfamnade att inte praktisera våld mot (inklusive: inte döda) djur för mat (vilket är veganism om man ska följa det konsekvent, eftersom att all produktion av kött, mjölk och ägg som säljs i affärerna idag involverar våld mot djur). vilket också anhängarna av Jainism, som förespråkade Ahimsa (icke-våld), var tydliga med.

Jag skulle också vilja rekommendera: http://www.eatlikeyoucarebook.com/ och http://bloganders.blogspot.no/2013/06/varfor-alskar-vi-hundar-men-dodar-och.html

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Some words to consider:
“Being vegan is easy. Are there social pressures that encourage you to continue to eat, wear, and use animal products? Of course there are. But in a patriarchal, racist, homophobic, and ableist society, there are social pressures to participate and engage in sexism, racism, homophobia, and ableism. At some point, you have to decide who you are and what matters morally to you. And once you decide that you regard victimizing vulnerable nonhumans is not morally acceptable, it is easy to go and stay vegan”
― Gary L. Francione

“Veganism is not about giving anything up or losing anything; it is about gaining the peace within yourself that comes from embracing nonviolence and refusing to participate in the exploitation of the vulnerable”
― Gary L. Francione

“If you are not vegan, please consider going vegan. It’s a matter of nonviolence. Being vegan is your statement that you reject violence to other sentient beings, to yourself, and to the environment, on which all sentient beings depend.”
― Gary L. Francione

"The most violent weapon on earth is the table fork." Gandhi

“I do feel that spiritual progress does demand at some stage that we should cease to kill our fellow creatures for the satisfaction of our bodily wants.”

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


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