What cant buddist eat?

Answer 1

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One of the precepts of Buddhism is "to abstain from killing sentient beings" , therefore if devout Buddhist is to prepare food for himself, he will always prefer vegetables. However, Buddhist will eat any food given to them as offerings. According to tradition, Gautama Buddha himself died by eating spoiled (?) foods given to him as offering when he was 80 years old.

I am a buddha after being converted in an RE lesson. Some do eat meat like me as a lot of Buddhist act on instinct like the Sikhs.

Answer 2

A Buddhists is allowed to eat whatever he wants. However, according to the teachings of Buddha, the taking of life is wrong so you should not touch any of the higher forms of life and stick to a vegetarian diet. Even a mosquito is a higher form of life.

Answer 3

Buddhists come in many varieties. Some Buddhists are vegetarians, but (for example) Tibetan Buddhists are not. The only things the Buddha required in terms of diet were that

(1) the monks and nuns confine their meals to those offered them between sunrise and mid-day -- no food in the afternoon or evenings (though medicines which were often "food like" were allowed when needed). Lay followers could eat when they wanted.

(2) that monks and nuns not eat meat that was specifically killed for them, or that they killed themselves. Lay followers could eat what they wanted.

Answer 4

I don't know what Buddhist texts tell about that but we need to consider two facts:

1) Buddhism advocates ahimsa (non violence) and hence can never approve of killing animals for whatever reasons.

2) Bhutan, a Buddhist country, is non vegetarian. Almost all Buddhist countries are non vegetarian. But Jainism supports ahimsa too and most Jains are strict vegetarians unlike Buddhists.

Answer 5

Buddhists believe in the sanctity of all life, therefor they do not eat any animal.

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Buddhist rules are not iron clad and are situation driven. The injunction on causing pain and suffering or harming sentient beings comes back on one's own journey towards enlightenment. The following are the general direction to be followed:

1. Buddhist's are advised not to require that an animal be killed for their consumption.
2. In general Buddhists eat what is given to them.
3. Buddhists should avoid where possible (see rule two) the flesh of animals which are predators or Birds of Prey
4. Buddhists should avoid eating animals (see rule two) except where animals are the only food available or the consumption of animals is unavoidable to maintain life and health.
   

Answer 6

Buddhists are allowed to eat anything that is offered to them including meat.

Buddhists are not allowed to kill or have someone else kill for them, any sentient being (any non-plant life). Because of their great compassion for all living things, many Buddhists are vegetarians. One reason is because even if you didn't kill or have someone kill for you, let's say, a chicken for your dinner, by buying the packaged chicken you are indirectly keeping someone employed to kill chickens. that is because if we all stopped eating chickens not one would have a job to kill them.

Answer 7

Buddhists can eat anything that is offered to them as long as the Buddhist did not kill it or did not ask someone else to kill it for them.