tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465006.post1086045166088235221..comments2023-07-22T04:42:16.226-04:00Comments on Going For Refuge: VegetarianismS. Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516395371482701736noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465006.post-16942738376668549882008-09-28T18:39:00.000-04:002008-09-28T18:39:00.000-04:00I would refer you to bodhi's book. This is the be...I would refer you to <A HREF="http://www.bodhipaksa.com/vegetarianism/did-the-buddha-eat-meat" REL="nofollow">bodhi's book</A>. This is the best response to this comment.S. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03516395371482701736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465006.post-84986836219872699852007-06-30T16:39:00.000-04:002007-06-30T16:39:00.000-04:00I don't particularly like this comment, but I have...I don't particularly like this comment, but I haven't got much time to dispute it. I just want to comment that I think it's off, and that I don't really think it clarifies or highlights anything interesting except that others have difficulty wrapping their minds around vegetarianism. I'm not a vegan yet, but I hope to get there some day.<BR/><BR/>The Buddha had to balance getting donated food with vegetarianism. My circumstances are different. Even if you're getting donated food, if people know you're a vegetarian, then they can skew their donations that way if they're not vegetarians. So I don't think that's an excuse for any modern Buddhists who are lucky enough to live in a country where dana still flourishes.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, thanks for the comment.S. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03516395371482701736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7465006.post-15314865605298291842007-05-01T15:00:00.000-04:002007-05-01T15:00:00.000-04:00Correct me if I'm wrong here but didn't Buddha die...Correct me if I'm wrong here but didn't Buddha die due to eating a bad piece of pork? If this is so could this be one reason many, but not all, Buddhists abstain from eating meat?<BR/><BR/>Why is it that eggs are considered by some Buddhists to be "meat". The egg is essentually a "proto" or potential life whereas the one who consumes it is an actual. Does Buddhism, in this case, place more importance on the potential rather than the actual? If so why?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com