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Question about the Buddhist Precepts?
1. I undertake to observe the precept to abstain from harming living beings.
I know some Buddhists are not vegetarians or vegans, but I’m just wondering how to correctly interpret the precepts (or is it a personal understanding of what they mean to you?).
Should a Buddhist become vegan, so as not to harm living things …eat vegan food, wear vegan clothes…? Or do we look at the precepts as more of a general “rule” – not to purposely do harm to another being?
6.I undertake to observe the precept to abstain from taking untimely meals.
I imagine this is just a test to prove self-control and resistance, but what exactly is an “untimely meal”? I interpret this to mean, “Have restraint. Don’t give into your greed and desires for food, just because you want food. Eat to survive, not because you crave it.”
Thoughts? –keep in mind I’m new to this… =)
There are buddhists who are vegetarian or vegan, i’m vegan. But there are many who are not, including the historical buddha. In fact i think he died from a piece of bad pork.
The thing about that is that you don’t kill the animal itself. Typically when you go to the store or are at a resteraunt the animals already dead anyway, the harm has been done you yourself are not harming the animal. You’re just not suppose to actually cause the harm.
Well 6-10 are not for common buddhist practitioners, they are for monestaries and monks/nuns. I mean your interpreation is correct, and still good to follow anyway, but that rule fits into the eightfold path and the concept of the middle way.
feel free to email me if you have any other questions about anything buddhist.
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