Is it necessary to be a vegetarian to believe in Buddhism?

Being vegetarian is good for your spiritual practice and your health. Whether you eat or not is up to you.

Is it okay to eat that kind of lace vegetarian food? When eating with other people, don’t be too picky and just eat meat and vegetables if it’s not convenient.

Are all those lay people practicing at home vegetarian? uncertain.

If you truly believe in what the Buddha said in the scriptures, you will be willing and able to become a vegetarian. In fact, it is not difficult. I started to be a vegetarian after studying Buddhism for half a year. It has been more than a year now, and it is very good! The low-density lipoprotein (bad cholesterol LDL) dropped from 4.08 to 1.73 (the normal value should be lower than 3.36), and the skin disease that had plagued me for more than 20 years was cured.

There is a couplet in a vegetarian restaurant, which is very interesting. The first couplet is: "If you fast for one day, there will be no one in the world who will kill you." ’ The second line is: ‘Who knows the debt, wear two horns to repay it in ancient and modern times. ’ It means: If I eat vegetarian food for one day, I will not be guilty of killing tens of millions of living creatures today. Who can know about debt collection and repayment? Look at the two horns on the heads of cattle and sheep. From ancient times to the present, they have been begged and returned again, and returned and begged again. Let’s think about it. Is it terrible or not?

Amitabha!