The Real Religion

Visiting Shwedagon with S N Goenka

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kao1306 ：

Buddha Is Not A Vegetarian
69. To disrupt the Sangha, Devadatta asked the Buddha to make stricter rules of conduct for the Sangha. He asked that monks not be allowed to sleep in houses or eat any meat. But the Buddha refused and said: "If some monks prefer to sleep in the open or not eat meat, they are free to do so. But if they do not wish to live this way they do not have to." ... "Devadatta, if you try to break up the Sangha you will reap the evil fruits."
.... Story Of Buddha No.69



artynz ：


@kao1306 Buddha was not vegetarian. However he did forbid the monks from accepting meat if they suspected that the animal had been killed to feed them. On left over meat was to be consumed. The important thing is the volition - let me not be deliberately responsible, even indirectly, for the death of any being.



kao1306 ：


@artynz.... Sadhu.....Sadhu....