"Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Taiwan he paradaiso no nā mea ʻai meaʻai." Ma hope o koʻu hōʻea ʻana i Taiwan, lohe au i kēia mai nā poʻe he nui. ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o West Virginia, ʻo kēia mokupuni liʻiliʻi o 23 miliona ma mua o 1500 mau hale ʻaina meaʻai i hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Taiwan, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo ka Repubalika o Kina, i kapa mua ʻia ʻo Formosa, "Ka Mokupuni Nani" e nā hoʻokele Pukiki.
I loko o kaʻu huakaʻi haʻiʻōlelo ʻelima lā, ua ʻike au i kahi nani hoʻopā maikaʻi ʻole o ka mokupuni: ʻo ka poʻe o Taiwan ka poʻe makaʻala, hoʻoikaika, a naʻauao loa aʻu i ʻike ai. ʻO ka mea i hoʻoikaika nui iaʻu ʻo ko lākou hoihoi no ka veganism a me ke ola kūlohelohe a hoʻomau. Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia kaʻu huakaʻi aʻo e ka hui hoʻonaʻauao vegan kūloko ʻo Meat-Free Monday Taiwan a me kahi hale paʻi i unuhi i kaʻu puke Diet for World Peace into Classical Chinese.
ʻO ka mea kupaianaha, 93% o nā kula kiʻekiʻe ma Taiwan ua ʻae i kahi kulekele ʻai ʻole i hoʻokahi lā, a ʻoi aku ka nui o nā kula i ka lua o ka lā (ʻoi aku ka mea e hiki mai ana). He ʻāina Buddhist nui ʻo Taiwan, he nui nā hui Buddhist, ʻaʻole like me ka poʻe ma ke Komohana, hoʻoikaika ikaika i ka vegetarianism a me ka veganism. Ua hauʻoli wau i ka hui ʻana a me ka hui pū ʻana me kekahi o kēia mau hui.
No ka laʻana, ʻo ka hui Buddhist nui loa o Taiwan, ʻo Fo Guang Shan (“Mountain of Buddha Light”), i hoʻokumu ʻia e Dharma Master Xing Yun, he nui nā luakini a me nā kikowaena noʻonoʻo ma Taiwan a me ka honua. ʻO nā mōneka a me nā nuns he vegan a ʻo kā lākou hoʻi hope ʻana he vegan (Pake no ka "mea kanu maʻemaʻe") a ʻo kā lākou mau hale ʻaina āpau he meaʻai meaʻai. Ua kākoʻo ʻo Fo Guang Shan i kahi seminar ma kona kikowaena ma Taipei kahi i kūkākūkā ai au me nā mōneka i nā pono o ka veganism i mua o ke anaina o nā mōneka a me nā kānaka.
ʻO kekahi hui Buddhist nui ma Taiwan e hoʻolaha nei i ka vegetarianism a me ka veganism ʻo ka Tzu Chi Buddhist Movement, i hoʻokumu ʻia e Dharma Master Hen Yin. Hoʻokumu kēia hui i nā papahana TV aupuni, ua hoʻopaʻa mākou i ʻelua mau ʻāpana i kā lākou studio, e kālele ana i nā pono o ka veganism a me ka mana hoʻōla o ke mele. Loaʻa iā Zu Chi kekahi hapalua o nā halemai piha piha i Taiwan, a ua hāʻawi wau i kahi haʻiʻōlelo ma kekahi o lākou ma Taipei i kahi anaina o kahi 300 mau kānaka, me nā kahu hānai, nā meaʻai meaʻai, nā kauka, a me nā kānaka maʻamau.
ʻO nā halemai ʻo Zu Chi a pau he mea ʻai meaʻai/vegan, a ua hāʻawi kekahi o nā kauka i nā ʻōlelo wehe ma mua o kaʻu haʻiʻōlelo e pili ana i nā pono o ka meaʻai mea kanu no kā lākou poʻe maʻi. ʻO Taiwan kekahi o nā ʻāina ʻoi loa o ka honua, ʻike ka honua holoʻokoʻa e pili ana i kāna ʻōnaehana olakino kūpono a maikaʻi hoʻi, manaʻo nui ka poʻe ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka honua. ʻAʻole kēia he mea kupanaha no ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka meaʻai mea kanu. Loaʻa iā Fo Guang Shan lāua ʻo Tzu Chi nā miliona o nā lālā, a ʻo nā aʻo vegan a nā mōneka a me nā nuns e hoʻonui nei i ka ʻike ʻaʻole ma Taiwan wale nō akā ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa no ka mea he honua lākou.
ʻO ke kolu o ka hui Buddhist, ʻo ka Lizen Group, nona nā hale kūʻai meaʻai meaʻai meaʻai a me nā meaʻai o Taiwanese 97, a me kāna ʻoihana, ʻo ka Bliss and Wisdom Cultural Foundation, i kākoʻo i ʻelua o kaʻu mau haʻiʻōlelo nui ma Taiwan. ʻO ka mua, ma ke kulanui ma Taichung, ua huki ʻia he 1800 poʻe, a ʻo ka lua, ma Taipei Technical University ma Taipei, ua huki ʻia he 2200 poʻe. Eia hou, ua loaʻa ka ʻōlelo vegan o ke aloha a me ka mālama pono ʻana i nā holoholona me ka ʻoliʻoli nui e ka lehulehu ākea, nāna i hāʻawi i ke kū ʻana, a me nā limahana o ke kulanui i manaʻo e hoʻolaha i ka veganism ma Taiwan. ʻO ka pelekikena o ke Kulanui ʻo Taichung a me ka pelekikena o ke Kulanui ʻo Nanhua he poʻe hoʻonaʻauao a he poʻe akamai i ka politika Taiwanese a hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka veganism iā lākou iho a hoʻolaha iā ia ma nā ʻōlelo i kaʻu mau haʻiʻōlelo i mua o ke anaina.
Ma hope o nā makahiki he ʻumi o ke kūʻē ʻana i ka veganism mai nā luna hoʻomalu o ke kulanui a me nā alakaʻi hoʻomana ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau - ʻo ia hoʻi ma waena o nā mea holomua e like me nā Buddhist, Unitarians, ke Kula ʻo Unitarian o Christianity, yogis, a me nā mea hoʻonaʻauao - he mea maikaʻi loa ka ʻike ʻana i ka veganism i ʻapo ʻia e nā ʻelele o ka hoʻomana. hoʻonaʻauao ma Taiwan. Me he mea lā he nui kā mākou e aʻo ai mai ko mākou mau kaikunāne a me nā kaikuahine ma Taiwan!
ʻO ka hope, pehea e pili ana i ka politika Taiwanese a me ka veganism? A he hiʻohiʻona maikaʻi hoʻi o ka sanity a me ka mālama! Ua hele au i kahi hālāwai paʻi ma Taipei me ʻelua mau kālai'āina kaulana loa o Taiwan, ʻo Madame Annette Lu, Hope Pelekikena o Taiwan mai 2000 a 2008, a me Lin Hongshi, Kakauolelo Nui o ka Hale o nā Lunamaka'āinana o Taiwan. Ua ʻae mākou a pau i ke koʻikoʻi nui o ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka veganism i loko o ke kaiāulu a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā kulekele aupuni a me nā hana hoʻonaʻauao e kōkua i ka poʻe e hoʻomaopopo a apo i ka meaʻai mea kanu. Kūkākūkā mākou i nā manaʻo e like me ka ʻauhau i ka ʻiʻo, a ua nīnau ka poʻe paʻi i nā nīnau naʻauao a me ke aloha.
ʻO nā mea a pau, ua paipai nui ʻia au e ka holomua o nā mea hoʻoikaika ikaika a hoʻolaʻa ʻia o Taiwan e kōkua nei e lawelawe iā Taiwan ma ke ʻano he kukui alakaʻi no ke koena o ka honua. Ma waho aʻe o ka hana i hana ʻia e nā mea hana vegan, nā mōneka Buddhist, nā mea kālai'āina a me nā mea hoʻonaʻauao, ua wehe pū ka paʻi Taiwan i ka hui pū ʻana. Eia kekahi laʻana, ma waho aʻe o kekahi mau kaukani poʻe e hoʻolohe ana i kaʻu mau haʻiʻōlelo, ʻehā mau nūpepa nui i uhi iā lākou i nā ʻatikala he nui, i hiki ai i kaʻu leka i hiki i nā miliona o nā kānaka.
Nui nā haʻawina e aʻo ʻia mai kēia, a ʻo kekahi o nā mea nui e hiki ai iā mākou ke ala nui nā kānaka mai ka weliweli o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā holoholona, ka hui pū ʻana a me ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā ʻoihana e hāpai i ke aloha i nā mea ola a pau.
ʻO Taiwan kahi hiʻohiʻona nui e hiki ai iā mākou ke hoʻokō i kēia a hiki ke lilo i mea hoʻoikaika no mākou.
Aia au i Australia i kēia manawa a ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia au i kahi puahiohio hou o nā haʻiʻōlelo ma ʻaneʻi a ma New Zealand i hoʻokahi mahina. I ka hele ʻana i kahi hālāwai manō ma kahakai i Perth i hele ʻia e XNUMX poʻe, ua hauʻoli hou wau no ka hoʻolaʻa ʻana i hiki iā mākou ke kanaka, no ka hiki ke hāʻawi i ke aloha, maluhia a me ke kūʻokoʻa i nā holoholona a me kekahi. Ke ulu nei ka ikaika ma hope o ka veganism i ka honua, ʻaʻohe mea nui aʻe ma mua o kēlā.