Talk on Vegetarianism by a Buddhist
Short Description: Buddhism and Vegetarianism. Talk on Vegetarianism by Orgyen Trinle Dorje, Karmapa XVII. Is eating meat allowed for Buddhist monks or not?
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Talk on Vegetarianism by Orgyen Trinle Dorje, Karmapa XVII
As translated simultaneously by Ringu Tulku Rinpoche on january 3th, 2007.
Some topics:
- Is eating meat allowed for Buddhist monks or not?
- Eating meat is very much like killing.
- In the Mahayana it is important not to eat meat.
- Buddha said that the Bodhisattvas should not eat any meat.
- Eating meat is regarder not good from the Shravakayana point of view.
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