[fameintatenly]

There's no reference to vegetarianism in the Pali canon that I know of. It's a later Mahayanist addition. The Buddha is said to have died from eating poorly-prepared pork. The Buddhist admonition is against killing, and for monks, accepting meat from an animal that was killed specifically for you. It's quite a rhetorical stretch to equate meat-eating with killing. They're very distinct acts that arise from very distinct intentions. If it helps you on your path, do it. If it doesn't, don't.