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    According to the theravada, the Buddha allowed his monks to eat pork, chicken and beef if the animal was not killed for the purpose of providing food for monks. The Mahayana schools generally recommend a vegetarian diet, for they believe that the Buddha insisted that his wives should not eat meat or fish. The accepted legend of the Buddha's death also says that he died after accepting poisoned meat from his hosts while traveling.

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    According to the theravada, the Buddha allowed his monks to eat pork, chicken and beef if the animal was not killed for the purpose of providing food for monks. The Mahayana schools generally recommend a vegetarian diet, for they believe that the Buddha insisted that his wives should not eat meat or fish. The accepted legend of the Buddha's death also says that he died after accepting poisoned meat from his hosts while traveling.

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    According to the theravada, the Buddha allowed his monks to eat pork, chicken and beef if the animal was not killed for the purpose of providing food for monks. The Mahayana schools generally recommend a vegetarian diet, for they believe that the Buddha insisted that his wives should not eat meat or fish. The accepted legend of the Buddha's death also says that he died after accepting poisoned meat from his hosts while traveling.

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    In Buddhism, the views on vegetarianism is different from school to school.

    According to Theravada, the Buddha allowed his monks to eat pork, chicken and beef if the animal was not killed for the purpose of providing food for monks. Theravada also believes that the Buddha allowed the monks to choose a vegetarian diet, but only prohibited against eating human, elephant, horse, dog, snake, lion, tiger, leopard, bear, and hyena flesh[1]. Buddha did not prohibit any kind of meat-eating for his wives . In Vajrayana, the act of eating meat is not always prohibited. The Mahayana schools generally recommend a vegetarian diet, for they believe that the Buddha insisted that his wives should not eat meat or fish. The accepted legend of the Buddha's death also says that he died after accepting poisoned meat from his hosts while traveling. Some people thought that it was a kind of truffle loved by pigs.

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