Honor the Food – Read and Contemplate during the Holiday Season

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From Pramoda Chitrabhanu: Honor the Food The Five Contemplations 1.    This food is the gift of the whole universe: the earth, the sky, numerous living beings and much hard, loving work. 2.    May we eat with mindfulness and gratitude so as to be worthy to receive it. 3.    May we recognize and transform our unwholesome mental formations, especially our greed, and learn to eat with moderation. 4.    May we keep our compassion alive by eating in such a way that we reduce the suffering of living [Read more...]

Egg McMisery: Shocking New Investigation Exposes Cruelty at McDonald’s Egg Supplier

October 22, 2013 - This is a message to Pramoda Chitrabhanu from Mercy for Animals Canada. Please read, watch the video, share it! and sign this petition to stop the cruelty to chickens raised for egg mcmuffins at McDonald's Canada.  ____________________________________   Dear Pramoda, A groundbreaking new undercover investigation by Mercy For Animals’ sister organization in Canada reveals horrific and systematic animal abuse at a supplier to Burnbrae Farms - McDonald’s Canada’s [Read more...]

Gurudev Chitrabhanuji offers opening prayer in U.S. House of Representatives, May 22, 2001

For the first time in the history of the United States of America, Jainism and Jains of North America received the unprecedented recognition and honor of having a prayer in the U.S. House of Representatives when on May 22, 2001, in celebration of the 2600th birth anniversary of Mahavira, the twenty-fourth Tirthankara, the Jain Master Gurudev Shree Chitrabhanuji delivered the opening prayer. After the prayer, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. of New Jersey, the sponsor of the event, paid tribute [Read more...]

Cage-free eggs: Behind the Myth

Behind the Myth - cage free eggs

From: http://www.humanemyth.org/cagefree.htm HumaneMyth.org Deconstructing the Myth of Humane Animal Agriculture Hens used for egg production come from hatcheries, where male chicks (none of which can lay eggs) are killed immediately after hatching. Each year, hundreds of millions of these vulnerable beings are suffocated or ground up alive to produce fertilizer or feed. Chickens used to produce eggs, including eggs labeled "cage-free," have their beaks forcibly mutilated to minimize the [Read more...]