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DDa number of the United States in particular and the West in general look at vegetarianism as a nutritional policies to protect health and prevent disease. This may be true because good health is one thing that everyone looks forward to, but also some that the fasting does not just provide good health for individuals, but also to good effect to your the Earth's health, reduce the heat to warm the globe, reducing drought and hurricanes, and some others may not hold happy upon seeing the officers, replete with fish, shrimp đạch on pan or hot oil on the stove, they see on the packed dining is the painful death of hundreds or thousands of animals.

Vwith Buddhism, although there are differences between the Original and traditional Mahayana due by thought up, but the basic point in common on the issue of non-vegetarians.

Buddhism believes that all things happening on this world is governed by the law of cause and effect. The purpose of the Buddhist is to avoid evil, diligence do heal to move bad human habits into good habits from the human good, and then there will be fresh to support coast guard outside is samsara, return a possible Bust. So, who are Buddhists, then definitely cannot accept the evil night is tormenting, beatings and killing other creatures. The multiplication of debt each time will surely pay result report. And so the Buddhist does not dare kill them but also to respect and protect them. Other life destroying other sex to feed their lives are left with compassion that each contract, contrary to the moral law and human nature.

In addition to Buddhist look all of them born in owner status are both dependent people are connected to each other in the washing past under different forms should not be killing and eating each other.

All the other reasons, such as health or environmental protection for Buddhists are reason depends, is the real deal of not killing sentient beings.

Buddhism is not a religion have blind faith. The Buddha has taught us that to believe something because of style, because the customs handed down because the autographs of the Scriptures, of the teacher teaches that only believe in the learning experience it yourself and express is right, to his advantage and benefit beings.

Applying the standards of the Buddha, the considerations of the meaning of the word of Buddha in every circumstance, every space and time, it would be the most receptive to reason can be then applied. All depends where mature understanding and compassion of each of us. We have the right to freely choose, choice of vegetarian or meat eating fish for a delicious, delicious or not is not the critical issue which is to choose a new meaningful lifestyle is important. Eat on the anguish of sentient beings, on fears that starvation of children on summer Street in Calcutta or on the dry plain of Africa certainly isn't a meaningful lifestyle. END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY THICH CHAN TANH.MHDT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUNS=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.19/3/2013.NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).