Celebrate Diversity: Happy World Vegan Day (Nov. 1st)

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Dear Advocates and Enthusiasts,

 

Celebrate diversity on World Vegan Day (Nov. 1st) by treating a

friend, colleague, or simply yourself to a healthy pure plant-based

meal or shopping frenzy. A short compilation of Baha'i vegan quotes,

organizations, and links are appended below. Please spread the

L.O.V.E. (living our vegan ethics) by sharing with your like-minded

or open-minded circle of friends.

 

Serenity and justice for all,

 

Carrie Smith

Washington, D.C.

 

" Burden not an animal with more than it can bear. We, truly, have

prohibited such treatment through a most binding interdiction in the

Book. Be ye the embodiments of justice and fairness amidst all

creation. " 188

(Baha'u'llah, The Kitab-i-Aqdas, p. 87)

 

In the days of old an instinct for warfare was developed in the

struggle with wild animals; this is no longer necessary; nay, rather,

co-operation and mutual understanding are seen to produce the

greatest welfare of mankind.

(Abdu'l-Baha, Abdu'l-Baha in London, p. 19)

 

The nobility of man and his spiritual development will lead him in

the future to such a position that no individual could enjoy eating

his food or resting at home while knowing that there was one person

somewhere in the world without food or shelter. It is Bahá'u'lláh's

mission to create such a new race of men.

(Adib Taherzadeh, The Revelation of Baha'u'llah v 3, p. 127)

 

The food of the future will be fruit and grains. The time will come

when meat is no longer eaten. Medical science is yet only in its

infancy, but it has shown that our natural diet is that which grows

out of the ground. The people will gradually develop up to the

condition of taking only this natural food.

('Abdu'l-Baha, from Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era, page 102) or

(Compilations, Baha'i Scriptures, p. 453)

 

Bahá'u'lláh teaches that the science of medicine and the art of

healing must be developed. 'Abdu'l-Bahá has stated that the science

of medicine will be so perfected in the future that most diseases

will be treated with foods, herbs and natural remedies. Although it

is not the main mission of Bahá'u'lláh to give guidance on matters

dealing with food and health -- a role which must be played by

science in this age -- He has nevertheless given some basic advice

about diet and hygiene.

(Adib Taherzadeh, The Revelation of Baha'u'llah v 3, p. 358)

 

" To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art. "

" The pleasure of love is in loving. "

Francois de La Rochefoucauld (French author & moralist (1613 - 1680))

 

Recommended organizations, etc.:

Vegan Society (UK) (celebrates diversity) -

http://www.vegansociety.com/html/

American Vegan Society - http://www.americanvegan.org/

Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine (click on " Health "

link) - http://www.pcrm.org/

 

Recommended directories and guides:

Friends of Animals vegan restaurant guide:

http://friendsofanimals.org/programs/vegetarianism/restaurant-

guides/washington-dc-vegan-restaurant-guide.html

Compassion Over Killing vegan friendly shopping guide:

http://vegdc.com/

International VegDining Card - http://www.vegdining.com

Baha'i Faith: Global: http://www.bahai.org/ U.S. National:

http://www.usbahai.org/

U.S. Youth: http://www.bahaiyouth.com/ D.C. Local:

http://dcbahai.org/