John Valadez on October 12th, 2009

I’ve been meditating about ahimsa now for the past week. I’ve also been reading about Buddhism and the way Buddhists practice ahimsa. Eastern philosophies differ greatly from our western point of view, and so much gets lost in the translation that I must point out a major disparity. When people hear the phrase, “to cause [...]

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John Valadez on October 10th, 2009

I recently had some people ask me why I choose to be a vegan. They pushed, am I a vegan because of religious beliefs? Am I a vegan for health reasons? Am I a vegan to make some kind of statement? Although all of these reasons have credible answers, I am a vegan simply to [...]

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