One of my students, Jean Mei, sent me this video to watch. It is extremely heartbreaking and sad to watch.
Animals are sentient beings and they do know they are going to die. You can see how this one ox just doesn't want to go in there because he knows death awaits him. How heartbreaking. How totally frightened he is. Aren't you going to end up on a hospital bed one day waiting death? It's inevitable you'll be waiting for death. Aren't you scared? If you're not scared, your bluffing.
Please go vegetarian. Reduce this unnecessary horror and suffering that is completely unnecessary.
I will do whatever I can to reduce cruelty to animals and create less suffering for them in the world. I have encouraged all my students to go vegetarian and I will continue to do so.
Please make a vegetarian pledge now http://www.kechara.com/ladrang/news/tweeting-all-vegetarians/. I will make offerings and prayers for all who commit. Even going vegetarian one day a week makes a difference to the lives of animals around the world. You could have saved this ox.
Don't just feel bad, or turn away from this video..DO SOMETHING REAL AND CONSTRUCTIVE. GO VEGETARIAN NOW.
Each time you go to a fast food place, resteraunt or hawker and just order an burger, fried chicken, steak or pork, SOME ANIMAL WAS SLAUGHTERED FOR YOU. No animals jumped into the frying pan and waited to be fried so you can eat them like another animal. If you believe in karma and eat meat, then you are not real. Not genuine.
Everytime you eat meat, it's similar to YOU HAVING KILLED THE ANIMAL YOU ARE EATING! STOP!!
Tsem Tulku
