Buddhist disciples vowed to be vegetarians, but later began to eat meat and fish due to physical reasons. Doing so is a hindrance.

Being vegetarian is a kind of compassion, and it is also a kind of self-restraint. The reason for not eating meat is that if there is no business, there will be no killing. Not eating five kinds of meat is good for the body. Eating five kinds of meat is good for the body. People who eat meat will often be with ghosts. The Buddhist scriptures say that if you eat meat often, ghosts will come to suck the smell in your mouth. If you often kiss with ghosts, ghosts will take the opportunity to absorb your essence. You can Baidu After searching, I forgot which Buddhist scripture specifically said it.

Practice is to cultivate the mind, not the body or the appearance. Cultivation does not lie in the behavior, but in the heart, which is the embodiment of the heart. , cultivate the true nature of the mind, return the mind to its original state, and focus on compassion. Just like you have vowed to be a vegetarian, but what is the purpose of your vegetarianism? You should be clear. It is not that I have already learned Buddhism, so I will become a vegetarian. This is only done in form, not in the heart. It is like the second ancestor who once practiced cultivation and went to a brothel to practice. It is not just a talk, but he really went to a brothel. So tell me, is he right or wrong? He is right. Yes, he is cultivating his own mind, to see if the touch of his body can affect his heart when he comes into contact with this environment, and whether his heart will be moved by the touch of his body, resulting in nostalgia, love, and clinging. This is This is the real practice.

Practice to cultivate the mind, not the body, and practice without images is the real practice.