| | RE: meat Answer 3/20/09 11:13 AM as a reply to Wet Paint. Author: suzumi
What you eat is entirely up to you. AFAIK, no one really needs meat. Meat is protein, with varying amounts of fat. You can get the same level of protein, especially if you combine two kinds of vegetable sources of protein. For example: beans + rice, or peanut butter+ bread, etc. Some people of very high attainment, including Shakyamuni Buddha, eat/ate meat, many Buddhists don't. I am a meat eater currently. We should be grateful for our food, whatever it is. We should use it as a means and inspiration to keep practicing.
Just my two yen J |