When I see a person wearing a fur coat, I see not only the coat but the animals who were cruelly abused, killed and skinned to make that coat, and also I see the person wearing that coat being reborn as a poor fox crazily circulating in a tiny cage waiting to be skinned. And I see the poor dairy cow who has been raped and exploited, and in the same picture, I see the new future dairy cow taking her place, in the form of that person putting milk in her coffee, today.

The practice of yoga allows us to become more conscious of our own physical existence and how significant we really are.

Everything we do should contribute to happiness.

What we see in the world around us is just a reflection of what is inside of us.

Eating vegetables, fruits and grains rarely causes total destruction of the plant or tree on which the food grew; after harvesting, seeds remain to be replanted the next season. But this certainly does not happen when an animal is slaughtered - death is final; that animal will not reproduce again!

We are so unconscious about our actions that we don't even realize the immense suffering we are causing to animals, the planet, and ourselves.

The best way to uplift our own lives is to do all we can to uplift the lives of others.