Do Vegetarians eat animal crackers?
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I get teased about them being get made of animal sometimes,\nof course I don't fall for it! I just choose not to eat them!
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http://www.lioncity.net/buddhism/index.php?showtopic=8724\nMust Buddhists be vegetarian?\n\nNo.\n\nWhy the fuss then?\n\nThough the Buddha never made it a compulsory rule that all His followers have to be vegetarians, He strongly encouraged us to be. In the Bodhisattva practice of minimising harm to all beings and benefiting them as much as possible, the practice of vegetarianism as far as possible plays an essential role. We can see this in many of the Buddha's recorded teachings.\n\n\n\n“The eating of meat extinguishes the seed of great Compassion.”\n\n\n-Mahaparinirvana Sutra (The Buddha)\n\n"...Ananda, I permit the bhiksus (monks) to eat only the five kinds of pure flesh* which are the product of my transcendental power of transformation and not of animal slaughter. You, Brahman, live in a country where vegetables do not grow because it is too damp and hot and because of all the gravel and rock. I use my spiritual power of compassion to provide you with illusory meat to satisfy your appetite. How then, after my nirvana, can you eat the flesh of living beings and so pretend to be my disciple?..."\n\n\n"...All monks who live purely and all Bodhisattvas always refrain even from walking on grass; how can they agree to uproot it? How then can those who practise great Compassion feed on the flesh and blood of living beings?..."\n\n”...How can a monk, who hopes to become a deliverer of others, himself be living on the flesh of sentient beings?...”\n\n\n”...If a man can (control) his body and mind and thereby refrains from eating animal products, I say he will really be liberated. This teaching of mine is that of the Buddha whereas any others that of evil demons..."\n\n\n-Surangama Sutra (The Buddha)\n http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/Buddhism/Shurangama/Shurangama.htm\n\n”The Bodhisattva, whose nature is Compassion, is not to eat any meat… For fear of causing terror to living beings…let the Bodhisattva who is disciplining himself to attain Compassion, refrain from eating flesh.”\n\n\n-Lankavatara Sutra (The Buddha)\n\n"If a bhikkhu sees, hears or suspects that it has been killed for him, he may not eat it."\n\n-Mahavagga of Vinaya Pitaka (The Buddha)\n\n"Let him not destroy, or cause to be destroyed, any life at all, nor sanction the acts of those who do so. Let him refrain from even hurting any creature, both those that are strong and those that tremble in the world." \n\n-Sutta-Nipata (The Buddha)\n\n"I have enforced the law against killing certain animals and many others, but the greatest progress of righteousness among men comes from the exhortation in favor of non-injury to life and abstention from killing living beings." \n\n\n-King Asoka's Edicts \n\n\nAll true practitioners of the Bodhisattva path eventually relinquish meat-eating. In His previous lives, the Buddha as a Bodhisattva would rather cut His own flesh to feed an eagle than let it eat a smaller bird. All advanced practising Bodhisattvas are thus necessarily vegetarians, since they cannot bear the pain of sentient beings.\n\nWhile nothing we eat makes us impure, our choice of diet is an action with implications. If our choice of diet arises from greed, sustaining the greed obviously makes us impure
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You see, it's like this.  Cattle eat grass.  Grass is a vegetable.  We eat cattle.  We are eating a vegetarian.  Therefore, we are ALL vegetarians because we are what we eat!
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No, killing plants so that you can eat them is not part of the the "do not murder" command.  Neither is properly killing an animal for food.  \n\nHowever, there is also no command that you must eat animals everyday.  I know many within the Jewish community who are vegetarian 6 days out of the week and only eat meat on the Sabbath.  Eating meat was a somewhat rare thing in Biblical times, you did it at times of animal sacrifice and special celebration and that was it.  (Sabbath is a celebration which is why the rabbis say that you should eat meat on Sabbath).\n\nSo don't let them put you on a guilt trip because you don't eat meat.
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Yes, while it can be said that sHitler was a vegetarian (although this is disputed since he "cheated" often), he was also a f'n madman. Why would anyone use him as a prime example of anything execept insanity and hatred? There are many better examples of vegtarians out there, and there are far more Mohandas Ghandis, Leonardo di Vincis, Leo Tolstoys and Albert Einsteins (yep, all vegetarians) than Adolf Hitlers in the "history book" of vegetarianism.
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I taught my tobacco plants how to use a gun, to protect themselves from the Animal Rights People.\nAnimal Rights People won't eat meat, but they love to torture, and make fruits, vegetables, and tobacco plants scream as they rip them from limbs and the ground.
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in practice, it depends on your caste and on your area of India. usually, Brahmans from states such as UP or Bihar are pure veg, while bengali brahmans do eat fish. it varies on your region. ideally, however, hindus should not eat meat at all. most ppl think its acceptable for certain castes to eat certain meats, but your supposed to strive for the no-meat deal.......
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Working at a weight loss center for years I have to say Yes!! Most vegetarians really eat too many starches and that is the culprit. Also you still need protein so you want to ensure you continue with vegetarian type proteins or you'll lose your muscle which affects our skin's elasticy too.
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Those are the cash cows that spend all their money convincing you to become a vegetarian.  \n\nOh.  I am FUNNY.  ;)\n\nActually, your question could use a bit of tweaking for clarification.  "animal consumers" could refer to anyone who buys animal meat/products.  But I'm not sure what you mean.
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You can eat egg whites on a vegetarian diet, but not on a vegan diet. A vegetarian diet excludes meat. A vegan diet excludes all animal products, including meat, eggs, dairy, and sometimes honey (this is a point of contention with vegans).
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Yes, human beings are omnivores but then again so are pigs. Eating meat or going vegetarian is a conscious choice one makes
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Not a vegetarian.  I guess my answer as to why I'm not a vegetarian is: why would I be one?  There are certain things that are harvested and sold as food products that I won't eat, but I still feel like animal meat is an essential part of the food chain.  One limit on food for me would be parts of the animal that are not technically muscle.  I won't eat things like hot dogs, which have all kinds of odds and ends in them.  Cow tongue is a muscle, but I wouldn't eat that either, unless I was starving.
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i dont think any human could be complete non vegetarian , u will still have chapati and rice sometime ...
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Hi.  Vegetarians eat other proteins - legumes, whole grains, and milk products (yogurt, milk, tofu, etc.)\n\nIf you want to stay full longer, include a protein with each meal.  If you want to feel full longer in the morning and still want your regular cereal, have an egg white omlet with it or some yougurt. \n\nSame thing with dinner - include some kind of protein - include whole wheat, beans, or even a glass of milk with your dinner will help.
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Im a vegetarian and a chemist, and your absolutely right you are killing in both cases. Its not that I am entirely against eating animals, its that I am against our farming system. Its a really deep issue, if you want more information message me but for now I think this cartoon (link below) will give you the basics into understanding the lies behind how we get our meat. There are many angles to this issue. As far as health goes it has been shown that 90% of heart problems are related to over meat consumption. Its been my conclusions that meat eating can be done right by ethical private farming but this is not the case. Animals are tortured, and worse for you... they are injected with not so good things and grown in their own feces - increasing chances of illness for you. Ever since I became vegetarian I have felt energetic, and I have never been sick! \n\nIts also been hypothosized by some vegetarians that meat eating is destroying the world and actually contributing to food shortages. Its a complex issue, but suffice it to say that raising a cow takes much more energy, money, land, and other resources than growing equal levels of nutrition in plant life. The waste generated by animals is large.\n\n    So to summarize,\n \n     - some feel that it is unethical to eat animals, granted. \n\n     - But just because you dont agree with that doesnt mean that there is not good reason to be vegetarian for the sake of the enviornment, economy, your health, the torture of animals, .... I can go on forever.\n\nI hope this helps, and I only wrote this to educate you. My father almost died from his over meat consumption. And its an atrocity what this is doing to the world. You should check out the PETA website - very educational and reason based nowadays.\n\nhttp://www.themeatrix.com/
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Yes they can. Bill Pearl was vegetarian and he won Mr. Universe 3 times. His famous quote is ""People think that to have big muscles you have to eat meat. It's a persistent and recurring MYTH." . The main idea is it is definetly harder than eating meat, but with persistence and a good program and excellent nutrition, you can do it!\n\nThis site will help you to suggest some alternatives to meat in bodybuilding:\n\nhttp://www.veganbodybuilding.com/
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Buddhists have been enjoying vegetarian dishes for centuries\n\n \n More of this Feature\n• Vegetarian FAQs\n \n From Other Guides\n• 5 Reasons for Being Vegetarian\n• Low Fat Vegetable/Vegetarian Recipes\n \nMention vegetarian cuisine and many people picture a group of aging hippies kneeling cross-legged around a communal dining table, helping themselves to carrot sticks dipped in yogurt or another plate of chickpea salad. While it's true that vegetarianism became trendy in the "psychedelic sixties," its origins date back much farther.  Pythagoras was a vegetarian (vegetarians were called Pythagoreans up until the 1800's) as was the poet Percy Shelley.  George Bernard Shaw, never one to shy from the spotlight, was a vocal proponent of a meat-free diet: \n\n"It is nearly fifty years since I was assured by a conclave of doctors that if I did not eat meat I should die of starvation." (Vegetariana: A Rich Harvest of Wit, Lore, and Recipes, by Nava Atlas)