Do monks break the vows by eating eggs, and can monks eat eggs?

Great monks don't eat eggs, eggs are the meaning of chickens.

As an animal, he is not purified after eating, his heart becomes heavy, and it is not easy to meditate. This one must be like this.

In addition, there is cause and effect.

No, Shakyamuni Buddha also received goat's milk and eggs on the way to transform sentient beings. Of course, eggs can be eaten, but we must understand the way of using things, and use them well without pretending to be things.

Eating eggs will be a rule, and eggs are also taboo foods.

Eggs are generally not used in the Buddhist diet. But seriously ill monks are allowed to eat eggs.

Before Nirvana, the Buddha said, "After I attain Nirvana, I take the precepts as my teacher." The precepts are the first and most necessary.

But the problem is that the precepts don't say that you can't eat eggs. Many people think that monks today don't eat meat. Actually, this is a misconception.

Buddhism in all countries of the world, including China. Among the eight major sects, only the Northern Pure Sect and the Han Buddhism do not eat meat. And it's not a Buddhist precept.

This was formulated by Emperor Wu of Liang in China. It should be said that it is the rule. The precept given by the Buddha is that monks should not be greedy and picky about food.

Now the family members must abide by the rules of the temple in the temple and cannot eat meat. But if it is the case of going out to drag the bowl. Eat whatever your family gives.

Both meat and vegetarian food can be eaten, but it is actually a must. You can't tell your family what you want to eat, and you can't tell your family what you don't want to eat. But those who are killed specifically to support the monks are not allowed to eat them.

That is, if the offering is meat. It must also be three pure meats. Whether the giver is offering meat or vegetables, there is merit.

Now Chinese Buddhism is more widely popular in China. Most of the monks are used to not eating meat. When making offerings to a monk, try to eat a vegetarian diet.

But if it is in a remote area dominated by animal husbandry, it can be arbitrary. Actually, if the monks find your house and drag their money on you. You can make offerings of meat.

But it must be three clean meats. And if you take it to the temple yourself, you make a special offering. and they will not be able to provide for meat.

Even eating meat or not is not a commandment. Eating eggs or not is naturally not a precept. It's also the rule.

Since it's the rule. Then each temple has its own rules. If the initiates are offering to the temple of the Pure Sect.

In general, eggs should not be fed. In fact, eggs that can't hatch chicks can't even compare to flowers and trees, and they are a completely lifeless trait, which is completely edible. However, it is difficult to determine whether the eggs you offer are not eggs that cannot hatch chicks, so they generally do not accept them.

Good, good, good. You really want to eat?? Ask this kind of question. Tang Seng didn't even eat it.

It depends on the situation and stage of your study of Buddhism, as well as your understanding of the teachings of Buddhism.

In Mahayana teaching, the focus is on cultivating compassion, so it is recommended not to eat meat, of which "meat" is the five kinds of plants, and "fishy" is all sentient beings, such as chicken, duck, fish, etc. Whether eggs are meat or vegetarian in the temple, Buddhism has always been very controversial, the standard of identification is usually based on the pregnant eggs are meaty, and the eggs that have not been pregnant are vegetarian, but now there are few free eggs, they are feed chickens, and the hens have no chance to be bred by roosters, are they all vegetarian? Not necessarily, I have consulted many eminent monks, and according to the teachings of the eminent lamas, eggs are still "fishy" (including milk, which is also explained by science in the past, because they contain animal protein).

So, in general, the attitude of the Buddhist community towards the egg can be described in this way:

1. In the early days of learning Buddhism, when you cut off meat, you can eat vegetarian eggs as a convenient way to supplement your own nutrition. However, eggs are not allowed in the monastery and can be used as a supplementary food for monks when they travel abroad.

2. When the study of Buddhism is deepening and compassion is rising, it is necessary to get rid of eggs, because the "fishy" nature of eggs is easy to breed unhealthy emotions and delusions of practitioners, and those who have great achievements can refuse to eat eggs. At this stage, the eggs are meaty.

Secondly, in Hinayana teachings, the emphasis is on cultivating no discrimination. For example, the act of "turning into a relationship" has been canceled in our Mahayana Buddhism in Han China, but Hinayana is very popular), what the donor gives, take what he wants, eat meat if there is meat, eat vegetarian if there is vegetarian, and can't say to others, "Donor, I eat vegan, please bring me some vegetarian", which not only adds trouble to the donor, but also affects the monk's self-practice, so in Hinayana Buddhism, whether eggs are meat or vegetarian is not an important topic.

Therefore, in conjunction with the above explanations, you can judge your behavior and nature.

For those who officially eat long vegetarian food, eggs are meat and are not eaten.

But lay people who have not taken the bodhisattva vows can be very flexible in eating vegetarian food, and eating eggs is not considered a violation of the vows (because there are no vows, of course, there is no such thing as "breaking the vows").