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The Faults of Meat | with Geoffrey Barstow
September 30, 2024 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Should all Buddhists be vegetarian? This is a question that has been debated amongst Buddhist practitioners for millennia, and is still very much debated today. Nowadays, with a large scale global meat industry and for the most part, a somewhat removed relationship with the food we consume, our practice of non-harm, compassion and dependent origination seem all the more necessary, and yet all the more complex. The question of Buddhist food ethics extends to all forms of consumption, not limited to vegetarianism and seems at least as pertinent now as it was during the time of the Buddha.
Most of us are unable to opt out of the global system of food production, but we are able to choose how we live within that system. This is why Jamyang made the recent move to become a plant-based Dharma centre. It was a response to the situation we find ourselves in, a response that is grounded in our practice of non-harm, compassion and dependent origination.
We hope that this conversation will shed light on these issues and inspire us to be continually mindful of what and how we consume.
Join us for what promises to be a fascinating conversation about Buddhist food ethics, with scholar and author Geoffrey Barstow as he talks about his latest publication, ‘The Faults of Meat: Tibetan Buddhist Writings on Vegetarianism.’
About the speaker
Geoffrey Barstow is an American religious historian and Buddhist scholar whose research focuses on Tibetan Buddhist ideas about animal ethics and vegetarianism. He is assistant professor of religious studies at Oregon State University and a student of Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche.
Recordings
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