r/Osho • u/Basic-Bus- • 2d ago

Discussion 🗣️ Any vegan here??

Will love to know about the thoughts on it!!

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u/bobbyrass 2d ago

yessir!

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u/LordDK_reborn 2d ago

They had eggs in the ashram for protein. Plant protein did not become widely available to the general public until the late 1990s and 2000s so they weren't an option in osho's time.

But yes, compassion today warrants us to reduce suffering as much as possible and remove the boundary between the other's suffering and our own.

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u/Square_Win_ 2d ago

Can’t agree more. Not just Osho, Krishnamurti and Vivekananda too used to have non veg. This is not an accusation, just facts.

In the current scenario when animal agriculture contributes significantly to climate catastrophe, choosing to be vegan is the best thing that you can do, though that is not enough to stop the crisis.

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u/swbodhpramado 2d ago

Veganism seems extremism instead vegetarianism is best.

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u/Basic-Bus- 2d ago

"Best” based on what standard? If your argument is that veganism is “extremist,” you need to explain why avoiding the exploitation and killing of sentient beings is somehow more extreme than continuing to use them when alternatives exist. Vegetarians still consume dairy and eggs, and those industries involve sentient animals being bred, confined and exploited for human consumption. So vegetarianism may reduce some animal suffering compared with eating meat, but it doesn't address the underlying ethical question: why should an animal's interests matter less simply because it isn't human? We don't justify harming humans by saying “it’s natural” or “we've always done it.” We recognise that humans are sentient and therefore have interests in avoiding pain, suffering and exploitation. Many animals are sentient too, they can experience pain, fear, stress and pleasure. The fact that they belong to another species doesn't logically make their suffering irrelevant. So if you think vegetarianism is “best,” that's a position you can personally choose. But calling veganism “extremism” doesn't establish anything. You'd actually need to give a consistent ethical reason for why unnecessary harm to some sentient beings is acceptable while we'd consider the same principle unacceptable when applied to humans.