What do Buddhist's eat?

Answer 1

Many people picture Buddhists living on a diet of only rice. No so!

There is no prescribed diet for Buddhists. Many Buddhists have a simple vegetarian diet regime. Some eat meat on occasion some not at all. The use of drugs and Alcoholic Beverages is not encouraged. At least one Buddhist story ("The Ox Herding Pictures") has the enlightened lead character "wine gourd in hand" going to the town to help the merchants.

Answer:

The common thought that Buddhists "must" be vegetarians is not supported by Buddhist teaching and discussion. It is strongly suggested that this dietary regimen be followed.

Or: Most Buddhists find vegetarianism preferable due to the tenant of Buddhism that asks us not to harm living creatures, there is no real restriction however so Buddhists eat whatever they want.

Answer 2

All Buddhists do not eat meat or any other killed Animal

Answer:

I'm sorry, but that is not entirely true. It is wrong to group all Buddhists together and for that matter all Christians.

Buddhists can eat meat; I myself am a Buddhist and I eat meat all the time. However the meat must be blaimless. This means that the animal in question can not have been killed for you alone. (ie:you hunted the animal, et cetera) The Budddhist must give thanks to the animal that died for the sake of nurishment because everything is equal is the eyes of a Buddhist. For example a human is not to look down on a cat, because they are both equal. Therefore, as long as the proper thanks are given, one can eat meat guiltlessly.

Answer

One of the precepts of Buddhism is "to abstain from killing sentient beings" , therefore if devout Buddhist is to prepare food for himself, he will always prefer vegetables. However, Buddhist will eat any food given to them as offerings. According to tradition, Gautama Buddha himself died by eating spoiled (?) foods given to him as offering when he was 80 years old.

Buddhists can eat any food that they wish, including meats and fish, as long as they did not kill the animal themselves, or the animal was not killed by their request or killed specifically for them. Many Buddhists are vegetarians, but The Buddha did eat meat.

Here is the information form my project on Buddhism that is stated by many different websites:

· Buddhists do not kill animals

· Buddha advises not to eat humans, elephants, horses, dogs, snakes, lions, tigers, boars and hyenas.

· Buddhist monks fast completely on the days of the new moon and full moon each lunar month; they also avoid eating any solid food after noon.

· In the time of Buddha Monks were expected to eat whatever was put in their begging bowl without discrimination including meat and rotten food

Due to the Buddhist Precept "Do no harm" many Buddhists choose to be vegetarians.
Buddhists were originally vegetarian, although not so much nowadays. I don't believe there are specific restrictions on food.

Answer:

Buddhist are generally thought to be all vegetarians. However in some countries such as Tibet meat has formed a part of the average man's diet. The Dalai Lama originally followed this practice but has converted to vegetarianism. In the west some vegetarians are not Buddhist and some who follow Buddhist practices are not vegetarian.

While the Buddha exhorted his followers to avoid eating meat - especially animals that were killed expressly for the eater, Buddhist monks were not to be choosy about eating whatever was given to them to eat.

Some Buddhists follow specific food restrictions - leeks, onions, garlic - due to their suppposed influence on aggression or lust. In addition intoxicants are generally forbidden becauseof the adverse effect on mental acuity and the ability to meditate and resist anger, lust greed and other mind hindrances.

Answer 3

Buddhists only eat dishes with no MEAT or FISH !! also they believe eating vegetable is killing living beings

Answer 4

There are many Buddhist vegetarians. However there are alot of Buddhists who eat meat as well