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**icyfreshy** · 01-27-2011, 10:32 PM

Actually, I am very troubled by this subject. I cannot compute in my brain how a Buddhist monk can possibly eat meat under any circumstances. I could not sleep last night and could not enjoy reading about Buddhism as I have been doing. I cannot get past it until I have sorted it out for myself. I have printed a load of stuff from Wikepedia (not to be relied upon 100% I am aware).

Perhaps, you can ask yourself this question. Aren't living beings killed or injured in agriculture? In most cases they do. Does that mean you should not eat vegetables?

It is best not to speculate too much about what you eat. When a Buddhist monk goes arms rounds, he takes what is offered to him and eats just enough to maintain his body because it is required for practice.

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icyfreshy Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 402 Senior Member	Actually, I am very troubled by this subject. I cannot compute in my brain how a Buddhist monk can possibly eat meat under any circumstances. I could not sleep last night and could not enjoy reading about Buddhism as I have been doing. I cannot get past it until I have sorted it out for myself. I have printed a load of stuff from Wikepedia (not to be relied upon 100% I am aware). Perhaps, you can ask yourself this question. Aren't living beings killed or injured in agriculture? In most cases they do. Does that mean you should not eat vegetables? It is best not to speculate too much about what you eat. When a Buddhist monk goes arms rounds, he takes what is offered to him and eats just enough to maintain his body because it is required for practice.
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