Eat Less, or No Meat: Kyabje Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche

At the request of Lama Kunzang Dorjee Rinpoche, founder of Jangsa Animal Saving Trust and the leading voice in Bhutan for animal welfare and mindful food choices, Kyabje Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche offers a brief but urgent instruction and appeal to us all: eat less, or no meat. In just a few words, Rinpoche cuts through excuses of habit and conditioning, reminding us that meat consumption is no longer just a spiritual question, it is a matter of global survival. From rising health crises related to lifestyle diseases to deteriorating climate change, from environmental degradation to the immense suffering of animals, the cost is too high to ignore - especially in a dharma kingdom. May this precious and compassionate instruction from a global spiritual luminary urge us to mindfully examine all the manifold benefits and the wider consequences of our daily choices, and move us toward a kinder, wiser way of living and eating, for our animals, our people, and our planet.