There are maybe hundreds if not thousands of vegan outreach initiatives out there. But among them, there are relatively very few seeking to open dialogue with religious leaders. Yet, strategically, I believe it is more valuable to share the vegan message of compassion with religious leaders than school children, college kids or random people in the streets, since those religious leaders will influence the hearts and minds of believers for decades to come.

For this week's episode, I want to turn my attention to Buddhism, The fourth most practiced religion with approximately 500 million followers worldwide. To give you an idea of how big this number is, think that the global vegan population, this is you and me listener, is of approximately 79 million people. Imagine what the world would look like if those 500 million Buddhists considered adopting veganism?

To discuss this topic, I have with me a vegan monk, Bhikkhu Sunyo who resides at Bodinyana Monastery in Australia.

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