KINDNESS FOR ALL CREATURES
Buddhist Advice for Compassionate Animal Care
by Sarah C. Beasley
(August 2019, Shambhala Publications)
Kindness for All Creatures is for:
  • People concerned with ethics and interconnection between humans and animals, both wild and domesticated
  • Vets wanting to offer their clients a broader range of services, conversations, or resources
  • Families who want to raise their children with respect for and awareness of animals’ rights and advocacy
  • Those looking for prayers and practices to accompany the dying/death process for their pets, and to utilize in conversations about compassionate animal-guardianship
Nautilus Book Awards Gold Winner, Kindness for All Creatures is:
  • The first Buddhist practical guide to animal care, based on the Six Perfections of the Mahayana path
  • Written in accessible, mainstream language, with tips for compassionate care of all animals and habitat
  • Indispensable for educators, families, vets, meditators, pet guardians, trainers, hospice caregivers, and more
  • Each chapter ends with bulleted practical advice to apply in everyday life to benefit animals
  • Empowering, inclusive language, geared for people of diverse backgrounds
This book fulfills a rapidly growing need for pet guardians who advocate for animals’ interests, including their right to live fuller, more animal-centered lives, and to die more naturally. Draws on teachings by contemporary meditation masters, as well as research of animal ethologists and veterinarians, interspersed with author's personal experiences.
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"In a book both practical and profound, Vajrayana Buddhist practitioner Sarah Beasley provides advice for compassionate animal guardianship. Using the Six Perfections as a framework, this accessible and comprehensive guide is packed with tips for anyone seeking to deepen their relationship with animals in and around their home."
Spirituality & Health Journal, Fall 2020 issue

“Kindness for All Creatures invites the reader into an authentic, mutual relationship with animals. It is a perfect guide for how to afford them their uniqueness and dignity, as well as how to treat them with utmost care. The guidance in this book will enhance your experience of your pets, and, like any true spiritual practice, will bring out the best in you.”  Diane Musho Hamilton, Zen teacher & author of The Zen of You and Me: A Guide to Getting Along with Just About Anyone   

“Sarah Beasley reminds us gently but firmly that compassion is the root of the Buddhist path and that it should know no borders. She advocates convincingly that loving-kindness and the practice of the ‘Six Perfections’ must apply to all sentient beings without exception.” Matthieu Ricard, author of A Plea for the Animals