Wonderful News from Moby!
Anyone who has an interest in the animal rights movement is no stranger to Moby, a strong supporter of various animal welfare groups and a vegan himself. After being a vegan for 28 years, Moby opened a vegan restaurant called Little Pine to spread Veganism in a modern way as well as to generate continuous donations for various animal rights groups by donating 100% of the restaurant’s profits to these activists.
It is wonderful to see such a high profile celebrity put so much effort into actualizing and supporting a cause that he is truly passionate about. I hope his efforts will inspire others and create a stronger trend of powerful celebrities supporting positive causes to benefit all beings. It’s beautiful to see people who worked hard for their fame use their fame for others. This is really a worthwhile way to use fame or a good reason to be famous. I send my prayers, good wishes to Moby, his restaurant and his goals to be even more successful. Good Luck to Moby!
Tsem Rinpoche
Every Dollar From Moby’s Restaurant Will Go To Animals
Zainab Akande | 06 January 2016
Whether or not you’re a fan of Moby for his electronic dance tunes, you’re bound to admire him after hearing about his latest philanthropic gesture.
So what has the 50-year-old musician and well-known animal advocate been up to these days? Heading up a hot, new vegan restaurant in Los Angeles called Little Pine, which opened its doors in November.
And the restaurant just made an animal-friendly announcement: 100 percent of Little Pine’s profits are going to be donated to animal welfare organizations including Farm Sanctuary, Mercy For Animals, the Humane Society of the United States, the Animal Legal Defense Fund, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and PETA.
“Little Pine is an extension of my beliefs, so I have decided to donate 100% of the restaurant’s profits to animal welfare organizations,” Moby said in a press release. “I want it to represent veganism in a really positive light, and also help to support the animal welfare organizations who do such remarkable work.”
To see the sort of work Moby will be supporting, check out this story about a pregnant goat Farm Sanctuary recently rescued.
Or view the video on the server at:
https://video.tsemtulku.com/videos/moby.mp4
Source: https://www.thedodo.com/mobys-restaurant-little-pine-1540303764.html
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Moby indeed inspiring. He loves animals and uses his fame and what he can to reach out to help the animals. I really inspired by people like this. They are famous and make good use of their influence to help other beings. His noble act makes more people respect them.
Animals are just like us which need love and care. Human is at a very advantageous position which able to do so many things, unlike animals. If we can’t help them at very least we should no harm them. Eating meat is one of the cruel acts as we need to take a life to fulfill our taste bud. This is really a selfish act. People may not see it that way but let turn the table around, how if we are being fed to the dog, cat and etc. Are we happy with it? What kind of life will you go through everyday worrying that you will be captured, skinned off, chopped and cooked?
If we don’t want to be tortured as such so to the animals. We are not superior to them. We live together on this planet and in order to live in peace and harmony is to give respect. Always put us in their shoes and think……
Moby is very kind and generous. A person who care so much about animals and take actions to create more awareness of being a vegetarian. May he has great success in his restaurant business and all the work he does for animal welfare.
Thank you for sharing this wonderful news, it is very noble of Moby to open a restaurant and donate all the profit to the non-profit organisations to support their animal rescue works. It makes more sense to have a business to generate revenue that supports charity work than to raise funds from the public. If the business is managed well, it can generate a more consistent funding for the charity organisations.
I am surprised to know Moby was already a vegetarian/vegan for 28 years ago. I believe back then, it was not easy to get vegetarian or vegan food at all. But he did not use that as an excuse to stop him from doing what he thought was right. This is very admirable.
As a celebrity, he has fame and wealth, but he does not indulge in the materialistic world, he uses what he has to benefit others. He uses his fame to support the animal rights movement and he uses his wealth to open a restaurant to support the non-profit organisations. I believe what he is doing is bringing him a lot of satisfaction and happiness that money cannot buy. I rejoice for the good work he has done.
Moby chose to be a vegetarian with the reason that he love animals and he don’t want to be involved in anything that leads to or contributes to their suffering. Later, he gave up all animal products and became a vegan. How wonderful he is!
Subsequently, he opened a vegan restaurant for the purpose to spread Veganism and generate continuous donations for various animal rights groups by donating 100% of the restaurant’s profits to these activists.
Rejoice in his determination to protect and kindness towards the animals. May his aspirations be fulfilled and inspire more people to “speak” for the animals.
Thank you Rinpoche for sharing this article about Moby. He is such a compassionate person. By being a vegan and promoting it to the public in a modern way is the right choice for him. It is also so kind of him to donate 100% profit from his restaurant to those animal organizations that are in need of help. Hopefully, by doing all this, more and more people will stand up for the animal’s life and also become vegetarian.
With folded palms,
Vivian
All manner of celebrities, they are very exposed about the ways of the world and know that the planet is being strained from over utilization of resources, deforestation and lost of species. We are thankful to Moby for speaking honestly about his choice and the benefits of being vegan.
Moby’s view on being vegan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FytZI6EEXvQ
This is indeed wonderful news! Not only will Moby be promoting Veganism in a more positive and open way, the profits earned would also be channeled to animal welfare organizations to enable them to keep afloat and reach their goals.
This situation is a win-win situation for both customers and animal welfare organizations and both side would benefit from this.
More people should follow in the fottsteps of Moby, this approach of promoting veganism is a very good and beneficial way.
Thank you Rinpoche for sharing!
Mr Moby is really out there to help the animals, I truly rejoice for such a kind act. I personally think that he is very kind and influential because he made use of his fame to establish a vegan restaurant to raise awareness for the animals, he could have used all his power and money for his own personal gains but he didn’t and this is why I find him very influential and kind.
People like Mr Moby is very much needed and sought after for our current society where everybody is too busy with their own lives and they ignore all the issues that are happening around them, slowly they become cold and unkind. Not that they are bad people, but the environment and society have shaped them into people like this.