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Whats a new vegan to do with old leather?
Greetings.
I am fairly new to Buddhism. I converted to the philosophy about a year ago without any true commitment to a lifestyle change. I am now a bit more ready to make a lifestyle change, so I've decided I would like to stop eating meat (with a plan to go vegan) and exploiting animals for products that I use.
I am curious to know what is appropriate to do with leather products I already own, and animal products such as tallow-based soaps and such.
In one sense, I see that using these products is not congruent with the lifestyle change I'm trying to make. In another sense it might be considered wasteful to throw them away.
I plan on selling some of this stuff as it would prevent people who would buy it anyway from purchasing the new stuff.
Has anyone faced this problem before? How should I deal with this?
I have some leather goods; belts, steel-toed boots... that I plan on keeping and replacing with cruelty-free products when I am able.
I also have some old-world shaving stuff that I use, like badger hair brushes. I have a synthetic brush on the way to me in the mail. I'm just wondering what you guys would do with this sort of stuff?
Any advice is appreciated.
I am fairly new to Buddhism. I converted to the philosophy about a year ago without any true commitment to a lifestyle change. I am now a bit more ready to make a lifestyle change, so I've decided I would like to stop eating meat (with a plan to go vegan) and exploiting animals for products that I use.
I am curious to know what is appropriate to do with leather products I already own, and animal products such as tallow-based soaps and such.
In one sense, I see that using these products is not congruent with the lifestyle change I'm trying to make. In another sense it might be considered wasteful to throw them away.
I plan on selling some of this stuff as it would prevent people who would buy it anyway from purchasing the new stuff.
Has anyone faced this problem before? How should I deal with this?
I have some leather goods; belts, steel-toed boots... that I plan on keeping and replacing with cruelty-free products when I am able.
I also have some old-world shaving stuff that I use, like badger hair brushes. I have a synthetic brush on the way to me in the mail. I'm just wondering what you guys would do with this sort of stuff?
Any advice is appreciated.
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I agree.
It's hard to differentiate, but I think even leather from a second-hand shop is OK, as your purchase is not causal in terms of the death.
New leather is problematic. If the product made from the animal skin is the reason for its death, as with mink, that is worse (IMHO) than buying leather which is a by-product from an animal killed for meat. Its death was caused for meat and so it may be argued that using a by-product is not causal of the slaughter. It's hard to know, so personally I avoid it.
It's always good to think of suffering and death and the development of our compassion. As far as Buddhism goes, I see many views of slaughter for food and clothing, but personally I prefer to follow a path which causes least harm to other beings.
i see no reason to get rid of my belts, boots etc.
Throwing away non-vegan things you already have is just replacing an old attachment with a new one. You can't undo the the suffering that already occured, only make wiser choices in the future.
^This.