Originally Posted by acs
[quote]It is often seen as surprising that vegetariansism is not more widespread among Buddhists than it is, given the Buddhist teachings. In fact, the Buddha's emphasis was on avoidance of killing. So it is worse to swat a fly--an immediate act of killing-than to eat the carcase of an already dead animal. Only in certain Mahayana texts is vegetarianism advocated.

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Interesting...How 'bout mosquitoes? Can you kill them? Maybe that's why there aren't too many Buddhists in MN.....