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Kindness for All Creatures

Buddhist Advice for Compassionate Animal Care
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Kindness for All Creatures by Sarah C. Beasley and Anam Thupten explores the profound connections between humans and animals through the lens of Buddhist compassion. It delves into how mindfulness and kindness can extend to all beings, offering practical insights and meditative practices to cultivate empathy and care in everyday life. This thoughtful work encourages a deeper respect for the natural world and its inhabitants.
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This compelling read may appeal to you if you're drawn to the intersection of mindfulness and compassion towards animals. It beautifully intertwines Buddhist philosophy with practical insights into cultivating kindness and ethical sensitivity, making it a thoughtful choice for anyone passionate about improving our relationships with all living beings.

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Kindness for All Creatures by Sarah C. Beasley and Anam Thupten is a heartfelt guide to compassionate care for animals from a Buddhist perspective, offering practical advice for mindfully raising pets and honouring animals.

Are you doing all you can for the well-being of your pet? Many pet guardians grapple with questions about adopting versus buying, the best ways to raise and train animals, and how to approach the stages of aging, sickness, and death. Structured around the Six Perfections of Mahayana Buddhism, this book provides answers and offers heartfelt guidance on how to apply mindfulness and spirituality to our relationships with animals.

Beyond being a practical resource, Kindness for All Creatures serves as a form of advocacy, encouraging readers to think and feel more deeply and naturally about caring for the creaturesβ€”both pets and wildlifeβ€”that we share our world with.

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Kindness for All Creatures receives praise as an accessible guide blending spiritual wisdom with practical advice on fostering compassion towards animals. It highlights the connection between the Six Perfections of Mahayana Buddhism and animal care, advocating respect and kindness for all sentient beings. Reviewers appreciate its call for coherent, compassionate ethics, recognising it as an enlightening resource for enhancing human-animal relationships.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781611806595

Publisher: Shambhala Publications Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 20 August 2019

Country: United States

Imprint: Shambhala Publications Inc

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 224

About the Author

SARAH C. BEASLEY is an advanced ordained lay practitioner in the Nyingma lineage with thirteen years full-time direct training in traditional Buddhist teachings and methods for body, speech, and mind. She spent close to seven of those years in closed intensive retreat under the guidance of Lama Tharchin Rinpoche and Thinley Norbu Rinpoche, supported by Tsadra Foundation. She also had three years' work on Practices for the Dead (and Dying), including guidance on how to care for pets during the aging and death passage. Sarah explores Buddhist and Western approaches to death and dying in workshops she offers. She is also a regular contributor to Buddhist Door Global, Jnanasukha Foundation, Levekunst, and Vajrayana World on topics of pets, nature, life, death and dying, and Buddhism; and she recently had an essay published in the Sounds True anthology The Dharma of Dogs.

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