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The Shining World Compassion Award: The New Dawn Montana Farm Sanctuary
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Everywhere in the world,
we can observe
and be touched
by acts of kindness.
People from all walks of
life, faiths, and cultures
extend themselves
beyond the call of duty
to help others
unconditionally.
Through their noble deeds,
humanity as a whole
is elevated.
To commend
virtuous actions and
encourage more people
to be inspired
by their examples,
Supreme Master
Ching Hai
has lovingly created
a series of awards,
including the Shining
World Leadership
Award, Shining World
Compassion Award,
Shining World Hero and
Heroine Awards, Shining
World Honesty Award,
Shining World Protection
Award, Shining World
Intelligence Award,
and Shining World
Inventor Award,
to recognize some
of the most exemplary,
generous, caring,
and courageous people
who walk amongst us.
It’s an act of love,
predominantly that drives
me to do this because of
the victimization
of animals by us humans.
And, it’s also
part of my mission
to help our human race
evolve to become the
more compassionate beings
we were meant to be.
It’s going to be
a better world
if we model that kind of
a way of being
with other creatures.
After retiring in 2007,
Susan Eakins
and her husband Lee
made a truly
courageous decision.
They took their life savings
and bought eight hectares
of land in a rural part
of Montana, USA.
They acquired the parcel
not to build a residence
for themselves, but to
create a loving home for
rescued farmed animals.
Today they operate
Montana’s only vegan
refuge for such animals,
the New Dawn
Montana Farm Sanctuary.
Susan and Lee
humorously refer to
running New Dawn
as their “second
but unpaid career.”
There was a dire need
for a safe haven
for farm animals,
for what is considered
food-farmed animals,
which are animals
that are raised for eating
and production use
and their leather
and whatever.
And it distressed me deeply
that this was going on.
And this was a safe haven
to bring
fortunate animals to
so that they could live out
their natural lifespans
and be respected
and loved and cared for,
and it’s been a joy.
It’s been a joy.
The sweet animal residents
came to the refuge
for different reasons.
Some had been
previously abused
and placed at New Dawn
by court order,
others became homeless
after their caregiver
passed on, while still
others were rescued
from factory farms.
We are contacted by
various organizations,
looking for someone
to take the animal
for various reasons,
maybe they were adopted
or beaten.
For example, one of
the earliest cows we got,
he’s a male cow that had
been beaten.
For a long time we
couldn’t even get within
a couple hundred feet.
But little by little, the cow
started accepting us
and now the cow eats
out of our hands.
So, it’s a good ending
on this one.
I’m a very big one
on ethics; that
we’re going to evolve.
Humankind will evolve as
we treat our animals better,
as we treat the least
amongst us (better),
because in major religions
it’s always a message
to be kind to those
who are vulnerable.
And I can’t think of
a more vulnerable thing
than how we are deciding
whether to dominate or
be stewards of animals.
And I choose the latter.
Currently
the Sanctuary is home
to 55 friendly animals.
The pigs, goats, sheep,
cows, lamas and chickens
at the haven
are enjoying a new life
of love and freedom
in a big family setting.
Time and again
Susan Eakins feels
deeply touched just being
in the animals’ presence.
When I’m
with my animals, I see
such unique individuals.
They are so precious
and they’re so
individual,
and it’s so hard to imagine
the countless billions of
animals around the world
that are cruelly raised
and have horrific deaths.
There is no such thing
as happy meat.
There’s no kind ending.
By people getting to visit
these animals and
be with these animals,
I have had many people
say, “That cow,
I never realized had
such a cute personality.”
And maybe they will
have the seed planted
to rethink and go to
eating a plant-based diet.
The couple reach out
to the region’s
young generation
in a variety of ways,
ranging from offering
internships at New Dawn
to bringing in students
for tours of the refuge.
We coordinate with
the University
of Montana (USA) and
also with other schools if
they want to get involved.
And we do open our facility
for student internships.
And it could be a student
coming to do a paper
or spending a semester
and getting credits
the same way that
they would taking a class
on campus.
We also are open to
groups and other students.
And we have
an educational center
that has materials and
information that helps
change hearts and minds
about how they view
what’s on their plate.
Besides helping foster
beautiful new
human-animal relationships
at the Sanctuary
by allowing guests to
interact with the residents,
the couple also
has started a
new community tradition
by hosting
joyful vegan potlucks.
Now we’re in the Missoula,
Montana area,
that’s kind of the main,
major city in the area,
and we have started
the Western Montana
Vegetarian Society.
We have a once-a-month,
vegan potluck.
We invite everyone.
They can be foodies
or meat-eaters
all the way to vegans.
And we tell them,
you come with
a plant-based food
and people get to
enjoy the taste and joy of
eating plant-based foods.
A lot of them
are very surprised at
how very good they are.
And as they’re there
that’s another resource
to put out
the educational materials,
talk a little bit
about what goes on
in a casual way and
again we try to encourage
the public to reconsider
old ways of eating
to move to a
more compassionate and
healthy way of eating.
In recognition of
their sincere devotion
to bettering the lives of
vulnerable farm animals
and promoting
the vegan diet,
Supreme Master Ching Hai
honored
Susan and Lee Eakins
with the Shining World
Compassion Award
and provided
a US$10,000 contribution
to the New Dawn
Montana Farm Sanctuary
to further its mission.
On Supreme Master
Ching Hai’s behalf
our Association members
presented the handsome
crystal Award plaque
to Ms. Eakins along with
an elegantly framed letter
from her.
The following is an excerpt
from the warm letter:
This Award is presented
in recognition of your
selfless spirit of service
and for your outstanding
effort in inspiring others
to claim their
innate humanity,
and so be of benefit
to all life on Earth.
Your work is helping
to manifest a Golden Age
on our lovely and
undeniably unique planet.
A single candle
can light a dark room,
and the New Dawn
Montana Farm Sanctuary
acts as such a light,
guiding humanity
ever closer
to that glorious day when
no animal need fear man,
and all will walk together
in friendship, respect and
love in a new springtime
of creation.
For selflessly exemplifying
all that is true and just in
human-animal relations,
for the dedication
and the generosity
you practice daily
in tending to the needs of
your endearing charges,
and for shining your light
so brightly
to show humanity
the best path to take,
we hereby applaud
and celebrate
the compassionate deeds
of Susan and Lee Eakins
of the New Dawn
Montana Farm Sanctuary.
With Great Honor, Love
and Blessings,
Supreme Master
Ching Hai.
Susan and Lee Eakins
also received books by
Supreme Master Ching Hai
including her #1
international best sellers
“The Dogs In My Life,”
“The Birds In My Life”
and “The Noble Wilds”
as well as a selection
of her DVDs.
From Lee and I,
we thank Supreme Master.
We are extremely thrilled
and honored
to be recognized.
To have Supreme Master
and those who have
similar loving feelings
recognize good works
by many people
and it is our joy and we
are the servants willingly
to the farm animals
that we work with.
As a token of her love,
Ms. Eakins wished
to present
Supreme Master Ching Hai
with a keepsake
from the Sanctuary.
It’s simply
a little baseball cap
she can wear and
think about the Sanctuary,
and keep the Sun
out of her face.
There you go.
Please accept
my humble gift,
my petit rien (small) gift.
Ms. Eakins, in response
to your thoughtful present,
Supreme Master
Ching Hai has replied:
It's lovely
that you send such
heartwarming gift
from afar.
God bless you, all of you
at the farm and reward
you ever more for
the love that you are.
♥♥
Further sharing
her feelings
of appreciation toward
Supreme Master Ching Hai,
Ms. Eakins said:
I am motivated by her.
I gather strength from
what Supreme Master
very valiantly does
through her TV,
through her books
and everything.
I totally gain strength
from that
and feel very pleased
that…I’m in alignment
with what she’s teaching
because it shows that
I’m on the right path.
That means a lot to me.
It really does.
And it motivates me
to think that
Supreme Master found in
our little humble Sanctuary
a message
that’s worth rewarding
and honoring me.
So it is marvelous.
I welcome her; have her
come to my Sanctuary.
We will treat her
as an honored guest.
(I) just love the thought
that she’s out there
in the world
doing what she’s doing
and her message and
all the wonderful things
that are going on.
And we
in our own little way
are doing similar
at least in our way.
To close, let us hear
Ms. Eakins’s noble vision
for humanity’s future.
If I was queen
of the universe,
I, without a doubt, would
like to see the ethics
of humankind evolve.
I would like to see a world
in which all species
are treated with
great love and respect.
We move away
from the consumption
of animals.
There’ll be food
for everyone,
if it’s plant-based.
We’ll be better people.
I think we will
treat each other better.
We start with the base,
and the base in my thinking,
and this I know, is that
it’s with the animals
and the least amongst us,
and then
we build from there.
We evolve
to a far better society.
We take the best out of
what is here and we leave
all the cruelty behind.
That’s the world I hope for.
Susan and Lee Eakins,
we sincerely thank you
for the wonderful love
and care you give to
the tender farm animals
residing in your haven
and steadfast commitment
to building a kinder
and gentler world
for all beings.
May the New Dawn
Montana Farm Sanctuary
forever flourish
in peace and tranquility.
For more details
on the New Dawn
Montana Farm Sanctuary,
please visit:
Connect with
the Sanctuary and
the Western Montana
Vegetarian Society on
Trusted viewers,
thank you
for your company
on today’s program.
Coming up next is
Enlightening Entertainment,
after Noteworthy News.
May we always strive
to aid those in need
around the world.
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