33rd World Vegetarian Congress
Chiang Mai, Thailand, January 4 - 10, 1999
'Vegetarianism is the Way'
an unforgettable visual, cultural and gastronomic experience

Vegetarian... the way of life Vegetarian is the way of life All beings are threading their style Through the light of birth and death Vegetables are prime food of mother nature Come on to enjoy the grains Come on to savour the green They'll heal you from illnesses They'll stop you from aging Live the way the nature blesses Let your soul be cleansed of sin Fill in your heart with kindness Vegetarians are living longer Vegetables lead the way of life A life full of merits and charity Purely free from disasters and pain Hail you all with happiness and joy Author: Santi Lunpe Editorial Board: Dr.Maitree Suttajit Kanokwan Ukosakij Busyamas Chewaskulyong William S. Lee Chatranaronk Rattanawongsa

• Opening address of Gen.Prem Tinsulanonda, Statesman and Chairman of the Royal Privy Council
• Welcome Message from the Governor of Chiang Mai Province
• Message from Mr Fancisco Martín, General Secretary of the IVU
• Message from General (Ret.) Saiyud Kerdphol, President of the Thai Vegetarian Union and Chairman of the Organizing Committee
• Introduction of H.H.Sri Satguru Jagjit Singh Ji Maharaj
• Organizing Committee of the 33rd World Vegetarian Congress
• IVU and World Vegetarian Congress History
• Historic Declaration for a Compassionate World in the 21st Century

• Monday 4th January
  
• Tuesday 5th
  
• Wednesday 6th
  
• Thursday 7th
  
• Friday 8th
  
• Saturday 9th
  
• Sunday 10th

Speakers and Abstracts:

• Amu Akaike - Sundo Breathing Meditation
• Shilabhadranada Avadhuta - Yoga Exercise for Health and Meditation
• Katharina Bless - Color and Sound Therapy
• Chamlong Disayavanish - Insight Meditation
• Saengduan Chailert "Lek" - Slide Show about Rescued Elephants
• Mantak Chia - Vegetarianism and the Universal Force (lecture) / Universal Energy in Vegetarianism (workshop)
• Damrong Chiewsilp - Vegetarianism in Aids
• Teeranard Chokewatana - The Animal Rights Movement in Thailand
• Shek Dhanasiri - How to Live to be a Centenarian
• Goenpo Dorji - Tofu Making
• Floyd W.Dunn - Phytochemicals and Wellness
• Rachel Flower - Raja Yoga Meditation
• Tina Fox - Marketing the Message
• Robert Fraser - Vegetarianism in Australia
• Dudley Giehl - Vegetarianism and the Globa Food and Environment Crisis / Internation Networking for Vegetarianism and Animals
• Carmel Goldwater - the GUZZLE factor as a Guide to the (Still) Perplexed
• Malieh Jafari - Natural Hygiene
• Pushpendra K. Jain - Vegetarianism and the Global Food and Environmental Crisis
• Banchob Junnasavasdikul - Fasting for Health
• Julia Jus - Chi Kung Taoist Meditation
• Mitsuru Kakimoto - Vegetarianism and Vegetarians in Japan
• Dada Kamaleshvahananda - Ayurvedic Health: Yogic Treatment and Natural Remedies
• Chitra Kawnanthakiert - Vegetarian Chinese Style
• General Saiyud Kerdphol - The Vegetarian Movement in Thailand
• Hyunmoon Kim - Sum Do : Mountain Taoist Breathing Meditation
• Kinjel Suratwala - Exercise, Top Sport and Vegetarianism
• Maxwell G. Lee - Vegetarianism: The Answer to the Worlds Problems
• Robert I. Lin - Nutritional Requirements for Vegetarians
• Peter McQueen - 34th World Vegetarian Congress 2000
• Nimit Morakote - Parasites acquired from meat
• Claude Pasquini - Vegetarianism and the Global Food and Environment Crisis
• Sudhisak Pawaradhisan - The Practical Experience of Using Chinese Herbs and Nutrition in Thailand
• Pongsiri Prathnadi - Vegetarianism and Disease Prevention: Coronary Heart Disease and Vegetarian Diet
• Soraida Salwala - The Thai Elephant Hospital
• Nithat Sirichotiratana - Vegetarian Food, the way to Prevent Cancer
• Pennapa Subcharoen - Thai Traditional Herbal Medicine
• Leticia Smithapindhu - Herbal tea
• Maitree Suttajit - Antioxidants and Health
• Siriwan Suttajit - Fresh Fruit Juices and their Benefits for Health
• Knosrow Taheri - Vegetarianism : an Economic, Social and Ecologial Necessity
• Pichai Tovivich - Development of Vegetarian Ahimsa Dharma in Thailand
• Paul Turner - Food for Life Global
• Marianne Willemse - Interspecies Communication
• Arne Wingquist - Fasting According to te Principles of the Natural Hygeine System
• Chaiyong Rujivanawate - Flower Recipes