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Are All Buddhists Vegetarians?
Addressing a modern question with ancient roots
Addressing a modern question with ancient roots
Before farm-to-table was a trend, San Francisco Zen Center’s Greens Restaurant made locally sourced vegetables a critically acclaimed dining experience.
Contrary to popular belief, meat eating has been questioned by masters both past and present.
How do Tibetans reconcile the tension between meat-eating and the compassionate outlook espoused in the Buddhist teachings? The new Food of Sinful Demons provides fresh perspectives on this question.
Are all Buddhist vegetarians? The Buddha explicitly rejected vegetarianism as a requirement for his followers.
Due to Buddhist teachings on nonviolence and compassion, people often assume that Buddhists are vegetarians. Indeed, many Tricycle readers cried foul after we ran a recipe in the Winter 2010 issue that listed chicken as an ingredient. One letter to the editor said, “I feel this [recipe] is as disturbing in your magazine as it […]
I don’t know the answer to the Meat Question. Is it OK to kill a sentient being for food? What are the environmental impacts of eating meat? What are the health issues? Whatever side you’re on, you probably have a ready-made (and passionate) response to the Meat Question. You might be judging me for not […]
Legendary Beatle and committed vegetarian Paul McCartney acknowledges that he travels with a portable Buddha statue on hand: ‘I think candles started it and then somebody brought in a little Buddha. So then we suddenly got this,” he said, according to Britain’s Daily Mail. In 2008, McCartney caused a bit of a Buddhist stir when […]
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