What Gautama Buddha Said About Being A Vegetarian or A Non Vegetarian!

In Buddhism, the views on vegetarianism vary between different schools of thought. According to Theravada, The Buddha categorically prohibited consumption of the flesh of any animal that was “seen, heard or suspected” to have been killed specifically for the benefit of monks (Jivaka Sutta, Majjhima Nikaya 55). This rule technically applies only to monastics, but it can be used as a reasonable guide by devout lay people.

In Vajrayana, the act of eating meat is not always prohibited. The Mahayana schools generally recommend a vegetarian diet, as some believe that the Buddha insisted that his followers should not eat the flesh of any sentient being. Monks of the Mahayana traditions that follow the Brahma Net Sutra are forbidden by their vows from eating flesh of any kind.



Nowadays many are talking about being vegetarian.

  • Some of them say it is a must to become a vegetarian.
  • Some says we are killers if eat meat.
  • Some says there is no problem eating meat.
  • Some says those who eat meat turn their stomach into a cemetery.
  • Some says people kill animal because we eat them.

However we can get answers to the above queries by the below examples;



07Therefore the bottom line of being a vegetarian and a non vegetarian solely depends on your thought…!! You cannot blame a person who eat meat or vise verse..!!

Lord Budhha had said ‘ Chetanaham bikka wei kamman wadami, chetaithwa kamma karothi papakan’  Intention is the most important aspect in the whole wide world if you had a bad intention in doing a good work then it will be a sin.

Our intention or thought is the most important aspect that matters most not only being a veg or non veg but also in every work that we do daily….!!!