You can understand at first reading: why do you believe in Buddhism and become a vegetarian?

Being a vegetarian means caring for all sentient beings, cultivating compassion and practicing the Buddhist commandment of "not killing".

But Buddhism does not prohibit lay people from eating meat. Whether people who believe in Buddhism at home are vegetarian or not is entirely a voluntary choice. There are also many famous Buddhist laymen at home in history, such as Su Dongpo, Bai Juyi, Feng Zikai and so on. Buddhists at home should not kill, steal, commit adultery, talk nonsense or drink alcohol. These five commandments are more important than vegetarianism.

In addition, the life of a layman at home is different from that of a monk. Long-term vegetarian diet may lead to malnutrition. For example, vitamin B 12 deficiency, vitamin B 12 is almost absent in vegetarian diet, but it is really necessary for the body. If vitamin B 12 is seriously deficient, it may cause diseases. For details, please search for "vitamin B 12" online. Also, L-carnitine, which is essential for human body, can hardly be found in vegetarian food.