Did Lord Buddha eat Meat?

As for Buddha, he only asked for what people intended to eat at that time. So Buddha could not choose whatever he wanted. Buddha will not be punished because the meat is not especially prepared, not intend to kill for Buddha. Why did Buddha not eat just vegetable? read more

Buddha belonged to the Kshatriya caste, where eating of meat was a tradition. He had enough of it before he left his home. Old habits die hard. Even after becoming a Buddha, he did not leave eating meat. It was a delicacy that he was perhaps fond of. Not only meat, he was too fond of condiments. read more

The Vinaya, then, is quite clear on this matter. Monks and nuns may eat meat. Even the Buddha ate meat. Unfortunately, meat eating is often seen by westerners as an indulgence on the part of the monks. read more

In the Amagandha Sutta in the Sutta Nipata, a vegetarian Brahmin confronts Kassapa Buddha (a previous Buddha before Gautama Buddha) in regard to the evil of eating meat. The Buddha countered the argument by listing acts which cause real moral defilement and then at the end of the verse, he emphasized that the consumption of meat is not equivalent to those acts. read more