Vegans

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simply avoid specific foods and products; it is necessary to actively participate in beneficial selfless action as well. Omitting animal products from one's life is a passive action; it does not necessitate asserting oneself, it merely involves avoidance. In order to actually implement and realize Ahimsa, we must engage the "dynamic" part of "dynamic harmlessness." Therefore, to fully apply the vegan ethic, not only are compelled to do the least harm, they are obliged to do the most good. (Marcus pars. 1-2)
Observing people who attempt to convert to a vegan lifestyle has brought a keen sense of how difficult it is to know and follow every rule within the culture. Becoming vegan is a process; rarely does someone convert to total veganism overnight. More typically, people transition to a vegan lifestyle, generally altering their diet first. It is a very complicated diet, one that must have successful supplementation of the nutrients the body usually acquires from the banned foods ...

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