Human overconsumption is a greater problem than human population growth, and meat eating is a big part of that problem.

If you want to know if someone is a "spiritual being" ask yourself, "Is he or she breathing?" If the answer is yes, then you know that you are in the presence of a spiritual being.

Don't try to do this by yourself: to become a good yogi you need a teacher. Find a teacher you can bow to, who can teach you how to be kind - how to serve others - because the key to enlightenment lies in that. Be humble, work hard, study and practice. Chant the Name of God, do japa and meditate, every day.

To be an environmentalist is to care about the environment and care about life on planet Earth.

Because of our unenlightenment, we do not know that what we do to others we ultimately do to ourselves.

What we do to others will come back to us. You can't expect to be happy by causing unhappiness to others.

Farm animals, like dairy cows - who by nature are vegans - are routinely force-fed fish to increase their weight and milk production.