As a Buddhist, is it necessary to practice vegetarianism? Let’s learn from the founding master Chung Tai Chan Monastery, Master Wei Chueh (惟覺老和尚), who showed us the relationship between practice vegetarianism and practice Buddhism. And the three stages are as followed.
If we wish to attain a mind of compassion and equality, first, we must not kill; second, we must save and protect lives; third, we must practice vegetarianism.
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