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**Title:** Buddha's Teachings on Eating Meat and Fish
**Key Points:**
1. **Misconception**: Contrary to popular belief, Buddha did not entirely forbid eating meat and fish.
2. **Conditions for Eating Meat/Fish**: Buddha allowed eating meat/fish if:
* You didn't see it being killed for you.
* You didn't hear it was killed for you.
* You don't doubt it was killed for you.
3. **Prohibited Meat**: Buddha forbade eating meat from:
* Humans
* Elephants
* Horses
* Dogs
* Wild animals (e.g., lions, tigers, leopards, bears)
4. **Permitted Meat (with conditions)**: Meat from goats, chickens, and fish is allowed if the above conditions are met.
5. **Sin and Virtue**: Buddha emphasized that sin and virtue come from one's actions (karma), not just from eating meat/fish. He encouraged followers to focus on good deeds and intentions.
6. **Rejection of Extreme Rules**: Buddha declined a proposal to impose strict rules, including a lifelong ban on eating meat/fish, promoting flexibility and personal responsibility instead.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text, each with a number and in short sentences, excluding opinions:
**Historical/Contextual Facts**
1. A group of 500 sages lived in the Himalayas, meditating and doing penance for many years.
2. They later moved to a village to regain their health and preached against eating meat and fish.
3. Siddhartha Gautama (before becoming Buddha) visited this village and preached to its people.
4. After Buddha's sermon, the villagers' behavior towards the sages changed.
**Teachings of Buddha (Factual Aspects)**
5. Buddha did not forbid eating meat and fish in general.
6. Buddha identified three types of meat that should not be eaten:
* If killed specifically for the individual.
* If one hears it was killed specifically for them.
* If there's doubt it was killed for the individual.
7. Buddha allowed eating meat if:
* One hasn't seen it was killed for them.
* One hasn't heard it was killed for them.
* There's no doubt it was killed for them.
8. Killing an animal to donate food to the Buddha Sangha or Arya Samaj incurs five kinds of sins.
9. These sins include:
* Ordering the killing.
* The act of killing.
* Causing pain to the animal.
* Cutting the animal's neck.
* Donating the meat, thereby involving others in the sin.
**Specific Prohibitions by Buddha**
10. Buddha forbade eating the flesh of:
* Humans.
* Elephants.
* Horses.
* Dogs.
* Lions.
* Tigers.
* Leopards.
* Bears.
11. Buddha permitted eating meat of goats, chickens, and fish under the aforementioned conditions.
**Other Teachings**
12. Buddha emphasized that thinking badly of others is a significant source of sin.
13. He taught that one's deeds, whether good or bad, determine their life's outcome, not the act of eating meat or fish.