Eating meat & Buddhism

[Lyndon]

Most butchers may be non Buddhists but there certainly are plenty of Buddhist fisherman

 

[soulsurvivor]

Here is a link on the tibetan social class system which has butchers placed.

Social class in Tibet - Wikipedia

Those belong to the untouchable caste, they are not Buddhist - in any case, there is no caste in Buddhism. In fact the whole article does not have the word buddhist in it.

 

[Subduction Zone]

Those belong to the untouchable caste, they are not Buddhist - in any case, there is no caste in Buddhism. In fact the whole article does not have the word buddhist in it.

I was looking into this a bit too. Buddhism first arose in India where the caste system is very strong. Tibet is right next door and is largely Hindu. At any rate they pointed out that Buddhism is a caste-less religion and that many early converts were low caste individuals that were not satisfied being in a belief system that was largely designed to "keep them in their place". I don't think that Buddhism has ever existed in a religious vacuum.

 

[ajay0]

Those belong to the untouchable caste, they are not Buddhist - in any case, there is no caste in Buddhism. In fact the whole article does not have the word buddhist in it.

They are the tibetan feudal system. A feudal system existed in Japan as well with the samurai and so on , and the lower classes just as in feudal europe.

 

[ajay0]

Non-vegetarianism is not a rigid principle in Buddhism. Even the Buddha ate meat when it was offered to him as alms by lay disciples, though he discouraged its eating if one is in pursuit of higher states of meditation and Nirvana.

Similarly most lay Hindus and Buddhists eat meat from what I know, though many abstain for better depth in meditation as an austerity, or as a principle of virtuous conduct.

 

[soulsurvivor]

They are the tibetan feudal system. A feudal system existed in Japan as well with the samurai and so on , and the lower classes just as in feudal europe.

You are indeed very knowledgable!

 

[ajay0]

Thank you so much for your kind words !

 

[ManofIslam]

I've just read Acts 10:11-16, in The Christian Holy Bible; but the point is: who, exactly, wrote this? Maybe it's not the Word of God?! (I used to be a Christian).