is an American psychologist, meditation teacher, and vegan advocate. Her meditations below were recently featured in a NY Times article "How to Meditate".

(1926-2022) was a Vietnamese Buddhist monk and peace activist who was nominated by Martin Luther King Jr. for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1967. He advocated veganism as a means to prevent violence against animals and the environment. His meditations are traditional, but keep in mind that when he uses the word "Buddha", he means "awakened one" and is referring to something that's part of all of us.

is a non-sectarian, interfaith organization that offers monthly spiritual gatherings for vegans, animal advocates, and all who care about animals and the planet. Many of their meetings include meditation/mindfulness sessions with animals, one of which we've included below.

(1915-1973) was a British philosopher who said "I'm a vegetarian because cows scream louder than carrots". And that was well before any type of veg-ism was popular in the West. Here he leads us through a meditation on sound. The video is 15 minutes, but the last 5 minutes is just music so can be ended early.

is an Indian yogi who recently received India's second-highest civilian award for his contributions to social welfare. He has expressed some unguru-like opinions on the subject in the past, but is now advocating plant-based diet as the diet most appropriate for the human body.

is a former Zen monk with a Ph.D. in education from U.C. Berkeley, and is the author of The World Peace Diet. The meditation here is a visualization / affirmations.

is an American neuroscientist and philosopher known as one of the "Four Horsemen" of New Atheism. Though not yet vegan, he has said, "You and I both agree that we are participating in a system [factory farming] that is on some basic level ethically indefensible... the fact that I participate in [that system] more or less condemns me as a total hypocrite."
He's waking up :)

was vegan for 14 years. After he started eating fish again, his mercury levels got so high that doctors thought someone was trying to poison him. Unfortunately he then returned to eating other animals, but we're saving this space for his return. His short gratitude meditation is beautiful.

has used the Hitler defense when questioned about his food choices. That's not wise. However, he is wise in the area of teaching meditation, and we hope that he one day connects more with the source of all life to which he often points, and eventually breaks his own habit of harming.