• Is Cruelty To Animals Ever Exaggerated?

    Updated: 2012-10-25 11:32:51
    Q: Some material in pro-vege talks seem overly exaggerated. A: Which material do you feel are exaggerated? Do share. Can you find on the internet graphics of the animals being treated or slaughtered in non-horrible ways, that you feel will be equally, if not more effective in awakening our conscience and compassion? Do share. Even [...]

  • Towards Veganism: Not All Or Nothing

    Updated: 2012-10-25 11:15:13
    :

  • Do Vegans Feel Holier Than Thou?

    Updated: 2012-10-25 10:59:52
    From Zweiya: How can we think badly of those who consume meat when some are also our family members and friends? Veganism advocates a more compassionate lifestyle, but we are aware that by itself, it doesn’t make anyone holy or pure. We never claim so anyway. It’s just not fair that while we are talking [...]

  • Do Vegans Not Care About Insects?

    Updated: 2012-10-25 10:51:34
    From Zweiya: We never did tell anyone that we do not care about insects or worms. It is very unfortunate that some insects or worms have to die while our food are being cultivated and harvested. What we can do is to reduce suffering. Veganism is exactly the way. And if you have a choice, [...]

  • Why Some Non-Vegans Are Defensive

    Updated: 2012-10-25 10:42:36
    From Dreamy of living-vegan.blogspot.com : The Buddha did not say veganism is extreme. He did not say the Middle Path is eating meat. You can find in many Mahayana sutras that he even encourages a vegetarian/vegan lifestyle that does the least harm to animals. Scriptures and sutras aside. Logic aside. Just go to your heart. [...]

  • Slavery & Murder Are Already Extremes

    Updated: 2012-10-25 10:24:45
    Last week, I gave a talk on the value of veganism. During the Q&A session, two participants brought up points along this line: ‘The conditions in factory farms might not be as intense as that featured in animal activist groups’ videos. And dairy cows are “put down” later.’ Here is my fuller reply on why [...]

  • Are Vegan Bloggers Extreme?

    Updated: 2012-10-25 10:16:57
    From ConscienceSpeaking: (On the suggestion that blogging on veganism is off the Middle Path): What Middle Path? Is anyone blogging about veganism extreme, off the Middle Path? Was the Buddha’s teaching against violence not of the Middle Path? Have never heard of vegans who point guns at anyone to force others to turn vegan. But [...]

  • Kind Of Bizarre?

    Updated: 2012-10-25 10:09:50
    From Nemo: It is kind of bizarre when non-vegans claim that there are vegans who are lousy in other aspects of life, even as they are kind to animals; that there are non-vegans who are good in other aspects of life other than choice of consumption (yes, veganism is not just about food but avoiding [...]

  • Super Short Story (106): Money

    Updated: 2012-10-24 19:51:43
    Super Short Story (106): Money She kept imagining that if only she had more money, it would be easier to realise her dream. As she kept thinking so, it distracted her from wholeheartedly working towards realising her dream now, with whatever she has now.

  • Super Short Story (105): Accessory

    Updated: 2012-10-24 18:51:28
    Super Short Story (105): Accessory Although the guy convicted in court wears a mala (Buddhist prayer beads), it need not mean anything certain at all. He could be wearing it just as an accessory, or for misleading judgement of his character, or as a real but lousy Buddhist, or as a good an dmaligned Buddhist. [...]

  • Refreshing Dharma Sharing

    Updated: 2012-10-24 18:32:39
    V: … Thank you very much for your Dharma sharing… As I was mostly busy at the reception area, I did not get to hear everything. As usual, the little I heard was refreshing. S: One of my self-imposed criteria for Dharma-sharing is that it must always be presented in a refreshing way… because you’ll [...]

  • Super Short Story (104): Pseudo

    Updated: 2012-10-24 17:54:34
    Super Short Story (104): Pseudo There is the pseudo, this he knows, though it is not always easy to detect. But there is the pseudo-pseudo too, that which he thinks is pseudo, which is not, that is harder to detect.

  • Wise & Clever

    Updated: 2012-10-24 17:41:55
    Wisdom has cleverness, but cleverness does not have wisdom. Cleverness is the realm of being intelligent and knowledgeable. Wisdom is the realm of knowing how to use intelligence and knowledge for worthy purposes. For example, Sun Wukong (Monkey King) was intelligent but not wise (小聪明非大智慧)- which is why, despite being sharper in wits than the [...]

  • Super Short Story (103): Perfume

    Updated: 2012-10-24 17:16:33
    Super Short Story (103): Perfume Especially after seeing an ad, he found it more puzzling, as to why women use popular perfumes. It showed a man paying attention to a woman after taking a whiff of her perfume. Why would anyone want to attract someone with a smell that is not really theirs, that can [...]

  • Super Short Story (102): Smell

    Updated: 2012-10-24 16:53:32
    Super Short Story (102): Smell She realised that he’s quite a nice guy online, before realising he has a smell that is not so nice offline. Instead of being turned off, she was glad that he knew him more, before she could smell him. Ridiculous as it might seem, she also realised that what really [...]

  • No title

    Updated: 2012-10-17 09:45:01
    Yann Lévy Expositions Portfolio Parcours Contact 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 Dessins Photographies Peintures Volumes Livres Copyright Yann Lévy Site réalisé par Johann Thoumazeau

  • Perfect Practice: How Everyone Can Use Buddhist and Recovery Tools for Greater Happiness

    Updated: 2012-10-07 01:11:31
    Based on the series of retreats we've done in the past several years, I've written out a nice little system which integrates the best of Buddhist and Recovery tools in a short, but very dense and powerful program. You can work on any section, in any order as much or as little as you want. As always, your Amazon reviews are most appreciated. Please share the link in all of your social media circles. As this is an eBook, the social network and word of mouth is the only way people will hear about it.

Current Feed Items | Previous Months Items

Sep 2012 | Aug 2012 | Jul 2012 | Jun 2012 | May 2012 | Apr 2012