"Now, Kalamas, don't go by reports, by legends, by traditions, by scripture, by logical conjecture, by inference, by analogies, by agreement through pondering views, by probability, or by the thought, 'This contemplative is our teacher.' When you know for yourselves that, 'These qualities are skillful; these qualities are blameless; these qualities...
- janism etc hindusm comparision
The big question is it essential to be a vgean/ vegeterian to be a buddhist. Well this is a hotly debated topic from facebook groups to buddhist magazines this questions is floated all around us but there is a answer. And I am about to revil the shocking truth. Brace yourself, no you dont need to be a vege#terian of vegan to be a buddhist....
"Should a person do good, let him do it again and again. Let him find pleasure therein, for blissful is the accumulation of good." The Buddha
"Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful." - Buddha.
"Enjoy the little things, for one...
Today we are not looking at the hard-hitting questions or the complex ideas of Buddhism, but we are looking at a common mistake that I used to fall victim to. Below I will pop two pictures. Who's Gautama Buddha have a guess?
Until I am enlightened, I take refugeIn the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha.Through the merit I create by practising giving and the other perfectionsMay I attain Buddhahood for the sake of all sentient beings. - Traditional Tibetan Buddhist prayer