Guess What Paul Tried?
 Below is a wonderful message posted on my blog comment section from Raluca. It warmed my heart to read this and also how compassionate Sir Paul is!!! To use his fame to benefit something important on this planet. Just being rich and famous is nice, but only WE enjoy it. And that will not take us very far…. If we use it for a bigger picture or a bigger cause, then it is very very very useful tool…. Please read below..Let’s hope the Prime Minister of India will consent. I pray he does. I also pray for Raluca and Sir Paul and wife. Thank you Raluca for such a wonderful post. I appreciate it very much. Thank you Sir Paul for inspiring so many to be kind to animals who suffer so much.
Tsem Rinpoche
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From Raluca 2011/01/09 at 5:37 am
Sir Paul McCartney, founding member of The Beatles and Wings, has written a letter to India’s Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, requesting January 12th be declared an official meat-free day. The purpose of such a day is to celebrate compassion towards animals, and commemorate the founding of India’s branch of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). |
And let’s hope that we can also one day have an international Meat Free Day too. It would mean a lot to all who put some thoughts into the significance of it.
It’s always good to see people with fame and fortune putting their influence to good use. The story of how Paul and Linda McCartney became vegetarian is extremely poignant…not many people are face-to-face with the animals they happen to be eating at the time…
I’m sure Paul McCartney is now vegan, after he realised that there’s an awful amount of animal abuse and suffering on dairy farms as well. One of the most impressive things I find is that, often when people have lots of money, they can think themselves above morality and ethical living, but Paul McCartney – along with various similar celebrities – is a great example of how we can use whatever we have at our disposal to benefit animals and people alike.
Kind regards,
Sandy
I wish Sir Paul’s plea to India will be successful. There’s an international meat free day on http://meatout.org/, which is 20 March. “Meatout” is the world’s largest and oldest annual grassroots diet education campaign, which has been going on for the past 25 years (this year will be the 26th year. Every spring, thousands of caring Meatout supporters educate their communities and ask their friends, families, and neighbors to pledge to “kick the meat habit (at least for a day) and explore a wholesome, compassionate diet of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains.”
I think that we don’t need to have an international meat free day to practice being vegetarian though – everyone can be vegetarian once a week, once a month, once a day… it’s like valentine’s day – we don’t have to wait for once a year to express love for our partners and loved ones.. it can happen everyday and any day. The more often the better.
Bless Mr. Paul for his kind compassion towards animals. It’s not easy to live here in the United States as a vegetarian, there is so much meat around it makes me sad. My family are meat eaters, and I prepare it for them. I wish I didn’t have to. I don’t have to actually, but they would eat very unhealthy if I didn’t.
Sir Paul McCartney of Beatles and Wings wrote letter to Prime Minister to declare 12th January as a meat free day. I don’t know whether Paul is a Buddhist or not. But being compassionate is universal. Being a member of PETA Sir Paul has requested that India’s founding day be a Day of meat free to free thousands of birds and animals to be free from sufferings on that day and also to help those who are involved with meat trade to collect merits for that Day and to lessen their Karma. This will also help meat eaters to be healthy at least for that day.
Because on January 17th is Martin Luther King Day it is good to remember not only the importance of “I have a dream” but also this quote: “Never, never be afraid to do what’s right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society’s punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way”. Hommage
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Thank you.
One day of meatless in a country the population size in india can make a huge impact I think. Reduces consumption of meat and less animals bred for meat and hence less methane gas being generated.
We need more high profile people to speak about the dangers and disbenefits of eating meat!