{"id":2130,"date":"2014-03-11T11:09:22","date_gmt":"2014-03-11T18:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/dannyfisher\/?p=2130"},"modified":"2014-03-11T11:09:22","modified_gmt":"2014-03-11T18:09:22","slug":"christopher-titmuss-on-vegetarianism-as-a-buddhist-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/dannyfisher\/2014\/03\/christopher-titmuss-on-vegetarianism-as-a-buddhist-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Christopher Titmuss on Vegetarianism as a Buddhist Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><figure id=\"attachment_2131\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2131\" style=\"width: 512px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/82\/2014\/03\/titmuss.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2131\" title=\"titmuss\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/82\/2014\/03\/titmuss.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2131\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christopher Titmuss<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christophertitmuss.org\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Christopher Titmuss<\/a>, the former <a href='https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/library\/buddhism' target='_blank'>Buddhist<\/a> monk, current <a href='https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/library\/buddhism' target='_blank'>dharma<\/a> teacher, and prolific author, has posted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0IGR3Y2FtD8\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a new teaching<\/a> on his YouTube channel about vegetarianism\/veganism as not only a practice of Buddhist compassion, but an act of environmental stewardship. It\u2019s well worth a look, especially for those of us with an interest in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/dannyfisher\/2014\/03\/announcement-i-will-be-one-of-the-contributing-teachers-to-the-eco-dharma-conference-retreat-2014\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">eco-dharma<\/a>. Watch it in full below.<\/p>\n<p>For more on Buddhism and the environment, here\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/dannyfisher.org\/2007\/07\/28\/on-buddhist-environmental-activism\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a post<\/a> I did about resources from across the Buddhist traditions for my personal website. In addition, I recently wrote for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buddhistpeacefellowship.org\/green-machine-for-this-engaged-buddhist-the-manual-typewriter-is-a-practice-thats-time-has-come\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the Buddhist Peace Fellowship\u2019s Turning Wheel Media<\/a> about one of my own environmental practices. I\u2019m also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/dannyfisher\/2012\/10\/why-i-spent-some-time-with-al-gore\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">a trained and certified Climate Leader<\/a> with Former Vice President Al Gore\u2019s Climate Reality Project, and, if you\u2019re in the Los Angeles area, you can request a climate presentation with me <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/presenters.climaterealityproject.org\/presenter\/danny-fisher_3340\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Vegetarian, the Buddha and Buddhism\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0IGR3Y2FtD8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christopher Titmuss, the former Buddhist monk, current dharma teacher, and prolific author, has posted a new teaching on his YouTube channel about vegetarianism\/veganism as not only a practice of Buddhist compassion, but an act of environmental stewardship. It\u2019s well worth a look, especially for those of us with an interest in eco-dharma. Watch it in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Christopher Titmuss on Vegetarianism as a Buddhist Practice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Christopher Titmuss, the former Buddhist monk, current dharma teacher, and prolific author, has posted a new teaching on his YouTube channel about\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/dannyfisher\/2014\/03\/christopher-titmuss-on-vegetarianism-as-a-buddhist-practice\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Christopher Titmuss on Vegetarianism as a Buddhist Practice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Christopher Titmuss, the former Buddhist monk, current dharma teacher, and prolific author, has posted a new teaching on his YouTube channel about\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/dannyfisher\/2014\/03\/christopher-titmuss-on-vegetarianism-as-a-buddhist-practice\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Off the Cushion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-03-11T18:09:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/wp.patheos.com.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs\/dannyfisher\/files\/2014\/03\/titmuss.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"dannyfisher\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"dannyfisher\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/dannyfisher\/2014\/03\/christopher-titmuss-on-vegetarianism-as-a-buddhist-practice\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/dannyfisher\/2014\/03\/christopher-titmuss-on-vegetarianism-as-a-buddhist-practice\/\",\"name\":\"Christopher Titmuss on Vegetarianism as a Buddhist Practice\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/dannyfisher\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-03-11T18:09:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-03-11T18:09:22+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/dannyfisher\/#\/schema\/person\/d1c837f252fe0be29e7b528e0147c0bf\"},\"description\":\"Christopher Titmuss, the former Buddhist monk, current dharma teacher, and prolific author, has posted a new teaching on his YouTube channel about\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/dannyfisher\/2014\/03\/christopher-titmuss-on-vegetarianism-as-a-buddhist-practice\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/dannyfisher\/2014\/03\/christopher-titmuss-on-vegetarianism-as-a-buddhist-practice\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/dannyfisher\/2014\/03\/christopher-titmuss-on-vegetarianism-as-a-buddhist-practice\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/dannyfisher\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Christopher Titmuss on Vegetarianism as a Buddhist Practice\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/dannyfisher\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/dannyfisher\/\",\"name\":\"Off the Cushion\",\"description\":\"A Blog About Buddhism &amp; Social Justice by Rev. 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