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There are no "can't" or don't" in Buddhist dietary practices. A Buddhist is required to eat anything that he is given as a food tribute or which is prepared by his host. He may not specifically call for the death and butchering of an animal for his meal. In Tibet the opportunity of eating of a strictly vegetarian diet is unusual and many Tibetans (who are mostly Buddhist) eat meat. His Holiness the Dalai Lama ate meat while he lived in Tibet, but has come to eat a vegetarian diet.

Buddhist suggestions suggest that Buddhists abstain from eating the flesh of carnivores, drinking alcohol or eaing garlic or onions.

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