That’s not what the dharmic religions say. They don’t explicitly say “don’t eat meat” because that position is only held to the people on top castes. What they do say is that one needs to lower their foot print as a means to lowering the suffering in the world. A Buddhist monk could eat meat but then he’d be contributing to suffering but it doesn’t explicitly forbid it. The Buddha died from eating pork and he’s the person one should strive into becoming. Also it does explicitly forbid the eating of pork in the Catholic Bible. Shit they forbid you eating pork on Fridays because of some bullshit made up thing that isn’t on the Bible.
Minor point of contention, the vows that monks take in Chinese Buddhist traditions (and in other places like Vietnam) do mandate vegetarianism at the least, with some also mandating abstinence from dairy. It’s part of the Dharmaguptaka Vinaya. The Buddha didn’t mandate this himself for practical reasons, like the very real likelihood of turning off potential followers, but did advocate for it. It’s also not clear if he died eating pork or something like “porks delight”, meaning mushrooms.
EDIT: His cousin was also based. Except for the time he tried to drop a boulder on the Buddha. But all the others times.
That’s not what the dharmic religions say. They don’t explicitly say “don’t eat meat” because that position is only held to the people on top castes. What they do say is that one needs to lower their foot print as a means to lowering the suffering in the world. A Buddhist monk could eat meat but then he’d be contributing to suffering but it doesn’t explicitly forbid it. The Buddha died from eating pork and he’s the person one should strive into becoming. Also it does explicitly forbid the eating of pork in the Catholic Bible. Shit they forbid you eating pork on Fridays because of some bullshit made up thing that isn’t on the Bible.
Minor point of contention, the vows that monks take in Chinese Buddhist traditions (and in other places like Vietnam) do mandate vegetarianism at the least, with some also mandating abstinence from dairy. It’s part of the Dharmaguptaka Vinaya. The Buddha didn’t mandate this himself for practical reasons, like the very real likelihood of turning off potential followers, but did advocate for it. It’s also not clear if he died eating pork or something like “porks delight”, meaning mushrooms.
EDIT: His cousin was also based. Except for the time he tried to drop a boulder on the Buddha. But all the others times.
If you meet the Buddha on the road, drop a boulder on him.