学密者可以吃肉吗？
中英文连载
《The Right View》(134)
《WHY VEGETARIAN?》
《素食的意义》
Years ago, I wrote a book about the merit of being vegetarian and the faults of eating meat or being non-vegetarian. Our talk today is based on part of that book.
我曾专门著书讨论过吃素的功德和吃肉的过失，下面为大家简单地介绍一下此书中的部分内容。
With regard to the Buddhist views on being vegetarian and non-vegetarian, here is what the book said:
书中谈到佛教如何看待吃肉吃素时讲到：
According to the Theravada tradition, one is allowed to eat only the “three kinds of clean flesh.” Other kinds of meat are strictly forbidden. Now in Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries, the Sangha still upholds this practice. They think that not eating meat at all is to follow the decree of Devadatta. And the practice of eating the three kinds of clean flesh is rather in keeping with the precepts taught by the Buddha in the Theravadin Vinaya.
小乘佛教认为，三净肉能食，非三净肉不能食。在泰国等地，僧众至今还是这样行持的。他们认为，如果所有的肉都不吃，是提婆达多的仪表。其根据是小乘的戒律，释迦牟尼佛在小乘律经中就是这样宣讲的。
Within Mahayana, Chinese Buddhism has long maintained the fine tradition of vegetarianism. At present, the majority of Chinese Buddhists is vegetarian.
在大乘佛教中，汉传佛教有着吃素的优良传统，目前，吃素之人还是比较多。
They mainly abide by the teachings in two Mahayana sutras: the Lankavatara Sutra and the Nirvana Sutra. In a way, being vegetarian also exemplifies the Mahayana spirit of compassion.
他们主要是依《楞伽经》和《涅槃经》这两部大乘经典而行的，这也是大乘佛教慈悲精神的具体再现。
However, there has been much misunderstanding about Tibetan Buddhism on this subject. Although it is groundless, many people think that meat eating is condoned by Tibetan Buddhism. These days even the monastics and lay followers of the exoteric schools also presume that Vajrayana practitioners can eat meat. This conclusion has been drawn based on the simple observation that in Tibet, where Vajrayana Buddhism thrives，most of the ordained and lay followers do eat meat. (It is not really so, which will be discussed later.)
对此问题，人们对藏传佛教有诸多误解。虽然并无依据，但很多人以为藏传佛教是允许吃肉的。现在很多学显宗的出家人、在家人，也毫无根据地认为学密者可以吃肉。他们认为，密宗最兴盛的地方是西藏，而西藏的僧俗弟子多数是吃肉的（其实并非如此，后文中将提到），于是便草率地下了结论。
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