Why does the Dalai Lama eat meat?

Why does the Dalai Lama eat meat?

During his early years in Tibet, the Dalai Lama would have eaten meat as part of his diet because of the country’s reliance on consumable livestock in lieu of sufficient vegetable crops. In 2010, he told NDTV that he usually eats meat once or twice a week, and otherwise lives as a vegetarian.

Can you be Buddhist and still eat meat?

Vegetarianism. Five ethical teachings govern how Buddhists live. One of the teachings prohibits taking the life of any person or animal. On the other hand, other Buddhists consume meat and other animal products, as long as the animals aren’t slaughtered specifically for them.

Can you be against animal cruelty and still eat meat?

So, yes, meat-eaters can be animal rights advocates with regards to how they are treated when they are alive. However, vegan animal rights advocates may argue that killing an animal, humanely or otherwise, is animal cruelty.

Does Dalai Lama eat pork?

DHARAMSALA, INDIA—Little-known fact: His Holiness is a meat-eater. Tenzin Takhla, who is also the Dalai Lama’s nephew, explained that the world’s most famous monk has a habit of providing long, detailed, even meandering answers — dangerous in an interview limited to an hour.

Was the Dalai Lama vegan?

The Dalai Lama, though, is non-vegetarian. An American journal had in 2010 quoted one of his aides as saying that the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader does a balancing act by adhering to a vegetarian diet in Dharamsala and having meat dishes when offered by his hosts elsewhere.

Do you have to be vegetarian to be Buddhist?

All Buddhists are not vegetarians, and Buddhist texts do not unanimously condemn the consumption of meat. Certain sutras of the Great Vehicle, the Mahayana, however, do so unequivocally. Chinese and Vietnamese Buddhists are strictly vegetarian.

Is beef allowed in Buddhism?

Buddhism was against animal sacrifice in general. It had no particular affection for the cow. Asoka had therefore no particular reason to make a law to save the cow.

Can you call yourself an animal lover if you eat meat?

You definitely can be an animal lover and eat meat with cognitive dissonance (e.g. separating that an animal had to die for a meal that temporarily satisfies you while you could have eaten something without meat in it that you would have enjoyed as well).

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Why do Tibetans don’t eat fish?

The reason fish is not eaten in Tibet is religious; like many other dining taboos in Tibet. Tibetans consider fish as incarnation of water deity. Plus, water burial is a type of funeral practice in Tibet and fish perform the duty of disposing the corpse like the vulture in the sky burial.