| A litle over a month ago COS had raised a question about Buddhism and vegetarianism. I was searching on line for information about meat eating in Hinduism and Buddhism and found this essay by Nick Kembel which I thought some of you might find worth reading.
http://www.shabkar.org/downloa...
"There once was a great monk who, out of compassion for all
sentient beings, was a strict vegetarian. In fact, he claimed he
had never in his lifetime consumed the flesh of any animal.
One lady, deciding to test the monk's claim, prepared a dish
for the monk. She told him it contained only vegetables, but in
fact it contained a small piece of meat. The monk gratefully
accepted the dish and the lady left, believing she had fooled
him. However, the monk saw through her trick, and tossed the
dish down to the earth. The next morning he awoke, and
found that the food, embedded in the earth, had sprouted into
2 shrubs: one garlic and one onion. This is why Buddhists do
not eat garlic and onions."
http://www.shabkar.org/downloa... |
