A well-known organization which promotes veganism and the banishment of fur is the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA. The president and co-founder, Ingrid Newkirk, is a Shining World Compassion Award recipient. PETA has adhered to a simple principle since its inception, “Animals are not ours to experiment on, eat, wear, use for entertainment, or abuse in any other way.”
This amazing organization inspires millions of people across the world. In January 2020, Ingrid Newkirk and bestselling author Gene Stone co-authored the book: “Animalkind: Remarkable Discoveries about Animals and Revolutionary New Ways to Show Them Compassion.”
Today we are especially honored to have Ingrid Newkirk take time out of her incredibly busy schedule to speak with us about this book. “It’s my pleasure, because of course I’ve long followed Supreme Master, and I think Her videos and Her books are the greatest educational tools.”
“Well, “Animalkind” came out for PETA’s fortieth anniversary, and I thought it was time to have a new, big book that explained some of the things we’ve learned about animals in recent years. We didn’t know about low frequency radio waves, for example, for years and years, millennia. And yet, birds can detect low frequency radio waves and navigate by them. So I wanted to write something that said, ‘Here they are, with amazing ability, and then here’s what you can do to make sure that they don’t suffer needlessly.’”
“We have to remember, of course, that animals are so special. They don’t spoil the environment the way that we do. Those things alone should make us think twice about what we do to them.” “And the root cause of all our problems is greed and prejudice. We’re disrespectful of the rainforest and all who live in there. The disrespect comes from when you look at the live market. That we’re all in this together. I am you, only different, but not different in any important way.”
一個著名的組織，善待動物組織ＰＥＴＡ，該組織提倡純素主義和摒棄使用皮草。執行長暨共同創始人英格麗德‧紐柯克，是光耀世界愛心獎得主。ＰＥＴＡ從一開始奉行一個簡單的原則「動物不是供我們實驗、食用、穿戴、娛樂，或任何形式進行虐待。」
這了不起的組織啟迪了全球數以百萬人。二○二○年一月，英格麗德‧紐柯克和暢銷書作家吉恩‧史東合著出版了這本書：《動物：關於動物的非凡發現，暨向他們展現愛心的革命性新方式》。
今天我們何其有幸，英格麗德‧紐柯克在其百忙中撥冗接受我們專訪的邀請，跟我們談談這本書。「這是我的榮幸，當然是因為長期以來，我一直跟隨著無上師，而我認為她的影片和書籍是最棒的教育工具。」
「出書《動物》是為ＰＥＴＡ成立四十週年，而我想也該是有本新穎巨著的時候了，來詳細解說我們近年來學到有關動物的一些知識。例如，我們並不知道有低頻無線電波的存在，幾千年來一直如此，但是，鳥類可偵測到低頻無線電波，並藉著它們來導航。所以我想寫點東西來說出：『他們生存在此，具備了驚人的能力，那麼在這兒您能做的是，確保他們不要遭受不必要的痛苦。』」
「當然我們必須銘記在心，動物是如此的特別。他們不會像我們那樣破壞環境。單憑這些事情，就值得再三思考，我們對他們做了什麼。」「而我們一切問題的根源均肇因於貪婪和偏見。我們不尊重雨林和住在那裡的所有生命。這種不尊重來自何處，您只須仔細查看活體牲畜市場，就知道。我們都全在這個整體裡。我就是你，只是形體不同，但在任何重要方面，並沒有不同。」
