small reflection of the thought of the Vietnamese teacher Thich Nhat Hanh on the topic:
from the book - from the collection held in Castelfusano to March 2008 - "When you drink tea, you're drinking clouds" (page 84):
Q & A:
Child: "Because you can not eat the fish?"
Thay: "You can eat fish, but if you think the fish is suffering then I do not eat it. If you care about the suffering of the fish will not eat it, but if you do not imorta, you can eat. When you realize the suffering of animals and plants, try to help them not to suffer; cultivate compassion in you, because you're a happy person compassion within you. Who has compassion can not be a happy person.
I think many of us are very good on chicken flavor, but you can eat chicken we have to kill a chicken, and if there is compassion in you do not like to kill, then eat the food of plant origin, and you'll be very happy because you did not suffer a chicken. You can eat meat, that's fine, but if you already cut in half your consumption of Camels compassion grows in you, and you'll be much happier person already. I do not mean that who is my friend should abstain altogether from eating meat, but I hope that my friends would reduce consumption by fifty percent, and that in itself would make me happy. Think of able to halve your consumption of meat from now on? "[the child nods]
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