Dear Ones,

Well it is the start of the New Year. May we all live in peace, health, and happiness.

We had our usual New Year's Eve meditation and ringing the great bell 108 times, a most wonderful way to end 2018 in meditation and bring in 2019 with bell and more meditation.

To the many friends and Buddhist family members, thank you for your support and practice.

in Metta.....Thay Kozen

Tibet Aid



Each year our temple sends money to 2 Tibetan Children who are refugees living in India, and another girl who is in Nursing School. We also send money to 1 refugee Tibetan monk living in India. Private donations help us some with these costs.

Private Donations

$480 for Dechen Youdon 08-10876-10

$60 for Dechen Youdon 08-10876-10 spending money - via private Donation

$100 for Tibet Aid

$100 for TCV School Gopalpur, Village Darati

$740 total

 

Temple pays

$480 Lobsang Legden (monk)

$120 ($10 month spending for Lobsang Legden

$480 Sonam Choetso 08-10875-10 via 1/2 from private donation

$60 Sonam Choetso 08-10875-10 Spending money via private donation

$1140 total

Private Donation

$1000 year for Tibetan Refugee girl to attend nursing school. She has completed her degree and passed the national nursing exam in India.

Children's savings for college

We have committed to sending our two young girls $1000 each per year for 4 years of college. We have $6,000 saved up so far - A most wonderful start of a new life for both girls.

Please Donate to

www.tibetaid.org

(877) 842-3824‬

[email protected]

Dr. Jeffrey Horacek and daughter during a visit at the Abbey

Dr. Horacek's office phone 541.716.5786, 33 Nichols Parkway Suite 300, Hood River OR

M eat Production = Global Warming ???? Yikes!

We published this story in 2018 and it is just as true 1 year later

The boom in demand has been driven to some extent by the availability of new and better alternatives like plant-based burgers, but also the championing of more plant-based diets by chefs and celebrities. Actor and environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio made headlines in the fall when his investment in Beyond Meat was announced. 

 

There are also ethical concerns. Major changes in livestock production, including the spread of so-called mega-farms where large numbers of animals are reared in close confinement, has led to criticisms over what some see as unacceptable levels of animal welfare.

 

Beyond Meat CEO Ethan Brown told HuffPost he believes health concerns are the main motivation for reducing meat consumption. The World Health Organization has said  eating processed red meat like burgers and sausages is linked to cancer, with 50 grams (about 1.7 ounces) of processed meat a day ― less than two slices of bacon ― increasing the chance of developing colorectal cancer by 18 percent.

The environmental impact of meat production is also huge. Meat and dairy production is said to account for 14.5 percent of all man-made greenhouse gas emissions ― slightly more than the emissions produced by every car, train, aircraft and ship on the planet. 

 

Without cutting the over consumption of meat, it will be almost impossible to prevent global warming from passing the danger level of 2 degrees Celsius, according to international affairs think tank Chatham House.

 

Likewise, meat production is resource intense. Producing 1 kilogram, or 2.2 pounds, of fresh beef may need about 29 pounds of grain and 66 pounds of hay, research suggests, which in turn requires more than 26,000 gallons of water to produce.

Then there’s the fact that feeding crops to animals to produce food is just not very efficient. Globally, one-third of the calories produced by the world’s crops are used for animal feed, but only 12 percent of those feed calories contribute to the human diet, in the form of meat and other animal products.

 

It is these types of planetary costs, as well as potential human health risks such as antibiotic use in livestock operations, that have prompted calls for meat products to be taxed and the ” true costs ” of meat production to be accounted for.

from: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/plant-based-protein-burger_us_5a392ed6e4b0860bf4ab477a