Giving a Voice to Animals at World Fellowship of Buddhists
During September and October 2016, several DVA leaders traveled to Asia to attend the World Fellowship of Buddhists (WFB) Conference and our very own Asian Buddhist Animal Rights Conference. We visited South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, and Vietnam, four countries home to millions of Buddhists, to spread our message, increase our membership, open new chapters in Singapore and Penang Malaysia, and give a number of public … Continue reading Giving a Voice to Animals at World Fellowship of Buddhists
On Becoming Vegan: When Vegetarian is not Enough
By Nicholas Ribush This article was first published in Mandala magazine, July 2013. Veganism is not just a diet. It is not just a ‘lifestyle.’ It is a nonviolent act of defiance. It is a refusal to participate in the oppression of the innocent and the vulnerable. It is a rejection of the insidious idea that harming other sentient beings should be considered a ‘normal’ … Continue reading On Becoming Vegan: When Vegetarian is not Enough
DVA President’s Sri Lanka Trip
I want to share with you an amazing trip I just returned from. Germany First, I traveled to Cologne Germany on October 3 and met our Germany Chapter Leader and Board Member, Christina Haenlein, and her Chapter for dinner, enjoying a delicious vegan meal. The next day we drove across Germany to Berlin where I gave a talk at Das Buddhistische Haus, the oldest Buddhist … Continue reading DVA President’s Sri Lanka Trip
An Interview with Pema Rinzin
To this day, I haven’t heard of any teaching of the Buddha which supports harming other beings for our own happiness or benefit. I think all the teachings of the Buddha support being a vegan because a vegan lifestyle is fully against harming other living beings. -Pema Rinzin Please begin with telling us your name and where you live. My name is Pema Rinzin. I … Continue reading An Interview with Pema Rinzin
Bright Aisles, Dark Alleys
―a brief address by Tashi Nyima to the Richardson Interfaith Alliance (TX) during the Thanksgiving Observance Not all abuse happens in dark alleys. Much unspeakable cruelty takes place in the brightly lit aisles where we purchase the flesh of animals, their eggs, their milk, their skin, their wool, their feathers, and their fur. Those brightly lit aisles conceal the horrible darkness where animals are confined, … Continue reading Bright Aisles, Dark Alleys
World Fellowship of Buddhists to Decide Whether to Give a Voice to Animals
I am the President and co-founder of Dharma Voices for Animals (DVA), a non-profit organization, originating in San Diego, California, USA. We have over 760 members worldwide in 40 countries. Our mission is to give meaning to the Buddha’s teachings by being the voice for animals in Buddhist communities throughout the world. The World Fellowship of Buddhists’ 27th General Conference in Baoji, China, at the … Continue reading World Fellowship of Buddhists to Decide Whether to Give a Voice to Animals