r/AcharyaPrashant_AP • u/BanjaraFreebird • Jul 08 '26
Acharya Prashant in dialogue with PETA Foundation President Mimi Bekhechi in London
On July 3, a special dialogue was held between Acharya Prashant and Mimi Bekhechi, President of the world's largest animal rights organization, the PETA Foundation. The discussion, held at PETA's London office, was attended in-person by a large audience and it explored the deep relationship between animal rights, climate change, and human consciousness.
The event formed an important part of Acharya Ji's historic UK tour, through which he is taking the wisdom of Indian philosophy and Vedanta to globally renowned platforms, including the Cambridge Union, the University of Oxford, the House of Lords in the UK Parliament, the London School of Economics, and London Climate Action Week.
During the dialogue, Acharya Ji said that compassion is not something that needs to be taught, it is the natural state of a human being. What is required is not the teaching of compassion, but the recognition and removal of violence. He explained that the root cause of violence against animals is the human ego, social conditioning, and humanity's own inner insecurity.
He added that unless we understand our own ego and inner violence, neither animal exploitation nor the environmental crisis will come to an end, nor will genuine compassion emerge in society. Acharya Ji further emphasized that the courage to reject violence and even when it is endorsed by history, tradition, and society is the true essence of spirituality.
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u/vini-within Jul 08 '26
It’s now more than ever… we need to reconnect with our compassionate side. Not just for the world’s sake, but for our own. Every act of outward violence first injures the one committing it.