Shabkar.Org is a non-profit website site dedicated to vegetarianism as a Buddhist way of life and takes its name from Shabkar Tsodruk Rangdrol (1781-1851), the great Tibetan yogi who espoused the ideals of vegetarianism.

Backgrounds
Shabkar.Org is an initiative of André Kalden, friend and student of Muktinath Lama Wangyal who is the abbot of the pilgrimage site Muktinath-Chumig Gyatsa in the Himlayas of Nepal. In 1818 AD Shabkar connected himself to this pilgrimage site as we can read in his autobiography (see references). The official launch of Shabkar.Org took place at November 12, 2006, the auspicious day of Buddha Shakyamuni's Descent from the 33rd Heaven, and was supported by prayers and puja of the Muktinath nuns. Shabkar.Org is hosted in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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Copyrights
Almost all the material collected on this website is created by others and is published with pemission of the copyright owners (which does not necessarelly mean that they agree with other content or the setup of this website as a whole). Much written material came from the Padmakara Translation Group and is published by Shambhala Publications in the book Food of Bodhisattvas. Both organizations granted permission for the publication of Shabkar's texts at Shabkar.Org by which they made this website possible.
Also for all other content published at this website, like our publications in PDF Shabkar.Org contacted the copyright holders. When they did not reply, we sometimes took the liberty to publish the content anyway. Not because we want to take what is not from us, but because we consider that the copyright holder will not mind publication at Shabkar.org for reasons of shared motivation. If you are copyright owner of any works on this website and to your knowledge we did not contact you or your organization, please do contact us.