Buddhist vegetarianism

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Buddhist vegetarianism is the practice of vegetarianism by significant portions of Mahāyāna Buddhist monastics and laypersons as well as some Buddhists of other traditions. In Buddhism, the views on vegetarianism vary between different schools of thought. The Mahāyāna schools generally recommend a vegetarian diet, claiming that Gautama Buddha set forth in some of the sutras that his followers must not eat the flesh of any sentient being.

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