That would be if they had no other food to choose from, which is not usually the case from all I've seen. Remaining food is always given away & not wasted. Eating meat just doesn't align with Buddhism, in my opinion. ...and these days you would rarely have an animal slaughtered for you, & threefold by default monks should not eat meat.

​@@invisiblesilence_I think I'll believe the actual monk instead of you lol

​@@kitkat6959youll get a lot of different opinions from monks. A lot.

Then you aren't known, Buddhism doesn't bind you with only one food, you have choice

That sounds so nonsensical. What if someone offers tiger, bear, dog, hyena or snake meat? Can beggars become choosers then? Eating any animal just does not align with the buddhist ideal of ahimsa.

Do you somehow think eating eggs is wrong when in fact chickens lay eggs and cows produce Milk ?

That is fine that's your thinking however the religion didn't restricted eating animals if you have not killed it or seen getting killed or if the animal is killed specifically for you .

Bless you for your good health

That's what truly makes sense with following a compassionate life.

@@Rezparviz Do you realize that cows are not milk machines, right? In order for any mammal to produce milk, they have to be prgnant. A calf is born and then people steal the baby's milk, kill the baby (or exploit her if it's a female) and when the cow can't produce more milk (and therefore babies) she is murdered too. The chicken industry is brutally horrific, so yes, it is wrong. Absolutely wrong and immoral.

In past monks need to beg but now some monks have choice like facility therefore you should refuse meat

​@@BlueMoon-vh2slyou mean monks don't have facilities in past?? They all quit their home, facilities, family for peace and knowledge

​@@BlueMoon-vh2slits totally wrong you need to read vinay pitaka from tripitak

It’s the difference between Therevada(the elders) and Mahayana(the great vehicle)

​@@BlueMoon-vh2slI am still in favor for begging for alms because it brings humility and connects better with the community they serve. That said its kinda impractical in the modern world and depend on geographical basis.

U eat meat with the intention of feeding the body, u kill an animal with the intention of harming and taking the life of that animal.

You cannot act like buddha unless you become one. The compassion arise when once state of awareness raises to the level of buddha. It never happens forcefully.

Buddha before becoming the "Buddha" was hindu , which does not allow u eat beef ,dog any other animal .

i am a lay woman but my 🧭 already arises to save beings from slaughter house! no killing for food when you still have many options to survive now ! unless you are greedy for another beings flesh!

​@@infinitebeing1119 u have to act like him to become one mr im a nerd that doesnt know to tie his shoes

First you wake up and know what is the real meaning of Ahimsa.

​@@infinitebeing1119 ask animals you eat?

Bro killing and eating meat is different. Buddha told not to eat meat by killing that animal .

​@@yashambhore2785how can one eat meat without killing animal.😂😂😂

@@sys9208 what about bacteria s. What will you do if you are going through bacterial infections? Kill it or let it thrive. Himsa means ignorance towards once true being and Giving only attention to the ego. Whatever ego does will lead to Himsa only. Ahimsa is the quality that will raise as once consciousness raises. I have seen extreme anger in vegan eaters. Becoming unaware vegan doesn't make you Ahimsak. Forceful suppression will only lead those impressions (desires over things, food etc) to hide in the unconscious. Only raise of awareness will destroy it.

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Buddha allowed some time to eat meat, but not by intentionally or by hurting.

I know you were there and i bet you have a video proof too buddy

He did, u hindus can do what u want but dont lecture us

Most nonsense comment

According to which source? Those who are trying to contaminate the Buddha's dhamma with their ideologies are vedas follower.

@@minthura9053 Buddha allowed meat only in one instance when a monk got meat when a bird of prey dropped it and later on that monk asked that in my bowl there is meat can I eat it. Buddha said yes as the meat isn't obtained by cruelty.

​@@Aryanthakur-yt9bc You aren't Buddhist

​@@anurag6738 yeah only bhimte have right on Buddhism.

@@sys9208 what do u mean by bhimte? U r able to comment here only because of my babasaheb .

Yeah, basically it means that if it's already dead then fine but do not kill to eat. It has a gray area today because if you buy some meat in a store I think it would not comply with it (unless you take it word by word which would be malicious compliance) but if the meat just rot otherwise (like a left-over scrap), then it would be totally okay. Sorry bad English.

What to do for living ?

Go back to doing researches In most Buddhist traditions monks are allowed to eat meat as long as the animals aren’t killed specifically for them and are shared among other people, or the food is not prepared with the intention of harming other people or animals. This practice is known as the “middle way” The Buddha taught that people should generally refrain from killing any living creatures but he doesn’t entirely forbid it. We kill animals every day whether intentional or not as Buddhists consider insects and even microorganisms living creatures.

Budhha died from pork eating

No

Buddha wasn't a vegetarian.

Thank you for your comment. These were my thoughts as well. I think many people don't realise that Buddhism can be different and it's not only one thing. Just like Christians can be Catholic, Orthodox etc.

Like your Equanimity-:)) I m a buddhist I eat less meat just for the sake of good health, there is a time in Thailand that some Thai vow to be vegetarian, and lots of vegetarian vendors all over in the city that we can pick and choose what kind of non meat dishes we want to eat. It is a fun fair 🎊Thai people like sabai sabai ..,

Ikr! 🤘🏼🌱

It make no difference whether you belong to land of Buddha or not give evidence for your claim Equality is main principle of Buddha leave caste system Jai bheem

U have no knowledge about Buddhism or buddha, hindu. Stick to your idol worship

You are hindu not Buddhist

Factsss🌱🤘🏼

Well said

Here's the thing, a monk has no right to choose the food. The foods that the monk eat are from the people who donated it. If they gave vegetables then the meal will be vegetables but if they gave meat then the meat will be meat. Even the buddha ate meat.

​@@yunwale9767"Even the Buddha ate meat", only when he was a prince, before throwing off oneself such luxuries as animal eating. Even the very followers of Buddhism should practice abstinence of animal killing. Also in the Jivaka Sutta, Buddha instructs a monk or nun to accept, without any discrimination, whatever alms food is offered with good will, including meat. As for Buddhist laity, the Buddha in the Vanijja Sutta, AN 5:177 instructed the meat trade to be one of the five wrong livelihood a layperson should not engage in : "Monks, a lay follower should not engage in five types of business. Which five? Business in weapons, business in human beings, business in meat, business in intoxicants, and business in poison. These are the five types of business that a lay follower should not engage in."

@@oogway73 This is a gross misunderstanding of what the Buddha taught in regards to meat eating. The Buddha did not only eat meat prior to his renunciation as an ascetic, but he specifically ate and allowed monks to eat meat as well, provided they met certain conditions.

Even Indian Brahmins are eating nonveg and doing Puja nowadays these are followers of Buddha who was a human once why can't they

he did. although he wasn't talking about 2,400 years in the future when there's supermarkets and large scale systems. also i assume you're not a monk who lives on alms, which also changes things considerably. luckily it doesn't matter because buddhism is all about learning to think for yourself. the whole point of most of the practices is to clear your mind so you can think independently. also the sunyata & anicca teachings show that things change and that we have to learn to recontextualize and let go of explicit wordings in cases just like this and see deeper into the meaning of what was meant vs what was said. there is no contradiction here.

true ikr

Learn more about Buddhism bro

​@@aik_sai_gamingdon't teach us Buddha born in india where we live we know what Buddha says ❤

​@@healthboost3042you are hindu don't know about Buddhists

I mean. Why are you going against the vinaya?

​@@setonix9151 Still no answer 😂😂

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Tamsik, satvik is a thing in Hinduism

Tum Buddhist ka philosophy nahi samajh paya . Buddhist tradition main meat khana allowed hain kyonki meat machli bhi vegetable ki tarah prakriti ka part hain jab tak us animal main Pran hain tab tak Buddhist ko nahi marna cahiye yeh hain ahimsa. Agar koi dusre dharm ka admi janwar mare aur jab pran nikal gaya fir tum us meat ko kha sakte ho. Buddhist Beef pork bhi kha sakta hai

You can eat if it is provided and not specifically killed for you because of you.

*SHOULD BE VEGAN*

They have eat whatever they are. Offered. Some Tibetan Buddhists also eat non veg but only when It's given by someone else

@@kunalthakur3415 gotcha

Meat contains no soul 🙂

@@krishanthidesilva3154 Sentient beeings are animals just as we are animals too that evolve.

You are feeding your ego by doing so, you identify as non consumer of sentient beeings. I ve reachead it and my opinion is that we should only eat meat. People confuse death with suffering. An animal would die and rot anyway, what difference does it make? Its just a mind trick to take a form of something and brag about it. You and others like you are more egotistical than a hunter quickly killing his pray and eating it. Not to mention that agreculture provides much more suffering and death.

@@fr1zkaz Whatever my friend, everyone has his own system of values and all are respected, individuals are not identical.

@@danaicastillo6472 i see that you have edited your comment, if you think there is something beyond to reach you are going to be meslead every time

He did

@@Akira-dm3tj 🤔

He said Theravada Buddhism.

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But if you pay for that meat or fish then it is killed for you, understand this and do with it what you like..

@@lucyluke9468 karma is created based on one’s intentions. It is a thought process happen in ones mind. If there is no intention to kill ,and do it there is no karma created for that person. Read about Patichchasamuppada Law of cause and effect

If you buy meat from a butcher then you’re basically saying “I like this product please give me more” so the butcher will then go out and kill more animals on your behalf because he knows you will give him money for it. This is simple supply and demand tactics.

​@@medhas5903well said.

Your explanation is right I think

If you can eat something else, why choose suffering & a taking of life? That doesn't sound like Buddhism to me

Lay people and monks have different suggestions

Rightly said..they just need a reason to satisfy there cravings and taste buds under the name of Buddha's teaching who preached non violence

@@invisiblesilence_ life of that being would end anyway, you eating gives it purpose, like bacretia eating your corpse. Suffering and death are not the same, you dont understand Buddhism

@@fr1zkaz but it doesn't provide you the right to take any body's life, as you cannot give it ....

Ppl wondering what that is it is a belief system based on animals, for example a human body with a animal soul, or something similar! And otherkins are the same as therians but fantasy animals (dragons,griffens, etc)

They teaching people how to reach enlightenment

Monks provide wisdom and knowledge about Buddha’s teachings for return. Guiding them to enlightenment.

This is what i think If you give and ask other to do something back that is not give that is a trade ! If you give and nobody takes it are you happy ? Donation = give, and you feel happy that you just do something good. Give => Give up ( forget about given )

No that was a mushroom 🍄

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Because the tripitakas forbid it. Lankavatara sukta chapter 16:"At that time, Arya(sage) Mahamati(Great Wisdom) Bodhisattva-Mahasattva said to the Buddha: “Bhagavan(World Honored One), I see that in all worlds, the wandering in births and deaths, the enlaced animosities, and the falling into evil paths, are all caused by meat eating and cyclical killing. Those behaviors increase greed and anger, and make living beings unable to escape from suffering. That is truly very painful" Then Buddha said "Those who renounce the flavor of meat can taste the flavors of the true Dharmas, truthfully practice the Bhumi(stage)s of Bodhisattva, and attain Anuttara-Samyak-Sambodhi quickly. They can then make all living beings enter the resting-place of Sravaka(voice-hearer) and pratyeka-buddha(self-enlightened one), and after that make them enter the stage of Tathagata". I am a Hindu and most Hindus left meat eating and cow sacrifices due to Buddha's influence. You are telling he didn't tell to not eat meat. Don't joke around

@rtavan apologize. I did not know this. I am new to this and didn't know that it was specifically forbidden for him and that caused his reaction. I personally don't eat meat, but respect others choice to do so. Thank you for the explanation

Always🚩🕉️

Eating what has been killed and kill an ant is different act and intention. When we eat regardless of food. Our intention is to eat and feed the body. While we kill an ant, our INTENTION is to hurt or harm that Ant. If you can understand these fact You are an exception Indian 😅😅

@@joney2 "Eating what has been killed" who has killed? Means you will wait a Chicken to suicide so that you can eat it for dinner, how stupid your logic is what if chicken don't die out of any natural cause , than will you sleep empty stomach..

@@joney2 this what I wanted to tell mate

Baniya ja desh ko loot le 🤣

​@@joney2 sannatunnis hai ye itna dimag nhi hota inme inke dna me brahmanism hai syd

Yrr vo countries Athiest h mostly nam nam ki Buddhists h ...meko main problem Bhimto se hai ye log gndgi macha rhe h Budhism religion ki....as a Hindu i equally adore both Budda nd Mahaveera ..good thing is Jainism is atleast untouched from this gndgi bt Buddhism is smwhat loosing it's charm .

Yes it is not allowed for monks to kill an animal and eat its meat but monks are beggars. Buddha asked their followers to accept what is given as donation even if it's a meat.

"Pindapathaya" - wadeema, monks,their main goal is to attain nirvana, so the people know they left everything they have to become a monk. While they walk with a bowl, people know monks are hungry. We need to provide food that's the peoples first thought, not "beggers." So the people will cook whatever they have in their house, and they'll run behind the way monk walk with their hot meal. Because the monk will never ask any food. Then, the bowl (pathra) is open, and then people can give food. If the bowl is closed with their suit, it means the bowl is full. Free Food Bowl. Monks will accept even any food because if someone gives you something with their all heart even if you don't like you need to accept it. Because that moment is really valuable to the other person and later you won't regret it.

​@@Mr.ShreeeekaDuring the Buddha's time, buddhist monks beg for food and the lay people will serve them the leftover food what they prepared for themselves and it sometimes included meat. Since the meat is not intentionally prepared for the monk, the monk can accept the offering. If the laypeople invited the monks for a feast then they should not provide the meat as it is intentionally killed for the monk. But Buddha also instructed the laypeople not to kill animals. So the people who served the meat to the monks are less.

That's the thing in Hinduism or Jainism.

Lol how much do you know about Theravada tradition? a big lie according to what source? Being vegan is a personal choice. Not by the vinaya.

​@@minthura9053non violence means eat veg, If a man who eat meat or fish how we can follow nonviolence. 🤣😂

​@@minthura9053👎🏼👎🏼👎🏼

​@@minthura9053They are not real buddists👎🏼

Ikr fake monks.. glad I’m not a hypocrite 🌱🤘🏼

Buddhist monks can eat meat which triply cleaned. Which means it was not heard, seen or known.

@@agniswar3 they are not monks then

@@harsh4964 it is their rules. They don't demand meat. Lord Buddha allowed his monks to accept what ever offering the laymen give them.

@@agniswar3 it's okay you can't understand it, you will have to take many births on this planet again to learn thing's.

​@@harsh4964 It's literally written in Buddhist scriptures. Whatever is offered monks are supposed to accept it. If there is fisherman going and he sees a Buddhist monks begging for food and he offers his fish as donation then that monk have to accept it. Monks are supposed to accept everything that is willfully offered even meat.

Can you validate your statement from any Buddhist scriptures. The only people I see seething about meat eating here are the Hindus who haven't touched any pali tripaktaka in their entire life.

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