Being Vegetarian



                        
is a Planetary Obligation
                                       

Aphorisms

 

 

 

 
Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai, Malaysia,
February 27, 1992 (Originally in English) Videotape #220

It’s a waste of product to eat meat. Never mind talking about compassion, love, enlightenment, moral standards or anything. Not yet! We owe it to humankind, not only to animals, to be vegetarian. It’s a terrible waste of time and the Earth’s energy and resources, to feed the animals. They use more water than we humans ever do: to wash them, to feed them and to let them drink. Also, they use more vegetarian protein than humans could ever eat. And you have to raise cattle for many years before you can eat it in one meal.