A Buddhism Rule- not to kill?

Question

We avoid killing creatures. But if we are eating the meat from wet market, which other people killed, is it fair? indirectly sinful ?

Answer 1

It is true that when you eat meat, you are indirectly and partially responsible for killing a creature but the same is true when you eat vegetables. The farmer has to spray his crop with insecticides and poisons so that the vegetables arrive on your dinner plates without holes in them. And once again, animals have been killed to provide the leather for your belt or handbag, oil for the soap you use and a thousand other products as well. It is impossible to live without, in some way, being indirectly responsible for the death of some other beings, and this is just another example of the First Noble Truth, ordinary existence is suffering and unsatisfactory. When you take the First Precept, you try to avoid being directly responsible for killing beings.

Answer 2

I believe that I read somewhere that Buddha taught that one could eat an animal that was not killed directly for the purpose of eating it (an animal on a farm dies, so eat it to use the meat & not waste it).
I have seen a Buddhist prayer once to be said when eating meat, to pray for the soul of the animal you are eating.
Some Buddhists take the non-killing rule to mean don't eat any meat, and others feel as long as they personally don't kill, they are ok.
Yes, during rainy season, many nuns & monks don't even go outside so as not to step on bugs.

Answer 3

Buddhism is all about mind,to get the sin of killing you have to complete these steps
1.You have to know its alive
2.You should have intention to kill
3.Make a Plan
4.Execute the plan and kill

When you buy the meat you don't have the intention of killing in you mind so there is no sin in it,but Buddhism never promote eating meat,We have to be practical when we use religion we cant stop eating vegetable because the use pesticide to kill insects when growing vegetables. its all about mind........

Answer 4

No, as long as we do not kill anything, it is okay. Destruction of life leads to our assumption that we have the right to control life, which leads to attachment to the ego. As long as we do not kill it, we can eat whatever we want. I personally only eat meat if it is killed in a humane way. Mostly it is seafood that I eat. Also, the Tamil in Sri Lanka are an ethnic group, not a religious one. If some of them claim to be Buddhist they are not, just as the KKK are not true Christians and Al Queda does not truely follow Islam.

Answer 5

Each Buddhist must make this decision for themselves. There is no RULE. I personally do not eat any meat so that I do not indirectly contribute to the suffering of these sentient beings. Nor do I wear leather. You must examine your own conscience about this.

Answer 6

You should avoid eating meat that you your self killed, hear the voice when the animal killed, see the killing process, when u know that it killed special for you, or u ask someone to kill the animal for u, or u thing that it kkilled special for u.

but.. actually, vegetarian is good.

Answer 7

True Buddhists do NOT eat meat, for that very reason. It is contributing to the death of other creatures.

Answer 8

The rule is not to kill or cause to die. There are some who walk with masks over their faces so that they don't inhale bugs.

Answer 9

There's ways to research how the animal was killed. From there you can judge humane or not for yourself.

Answer 10

To contribute to a death is to cause a death.
If I buy a stolen object, I have stolen an object.
Vaya con DIOS