Can a monk drink alcohol? Can a monk drink alcohol?

Updated on culture 2024-07-06
19 answers
  1. Anonymous users2024-02-12

    In everyone's impression, monks are not allowed to contaminate meat, that is, they are not allowed to drink wine and eat meat. But actually in Buddhism.

    For a long time when it was introduced into our country, there were no such regulations, and there were no strict requirements in the Buddhist scriptures.

    Before the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the life of a monk was very chic, not only could he drink wine and eat meat, but he could even get married and have children. Because in Buddhist writings, it was not said that monks should not eat meat.

    It is also recorded in the Extensive Book of Precepts that even the founder Shakyamuni.

    will eat meat. Wait until Emperor Wu of Liang in the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

    When Xiao Yan was in power, eating meat was completely forbidden, and Xiao Yan was still studying Buddhist works. When he saw that the Great Buddha Nirvana Sutra reads: "Abstain from killing", he couldn't help but think: How can we completely abstain from killing?

    After thinking about it, he felt that it had to be banned from the source. So he directly stipulated that all monks in the world can only eat vegetarian food and cannot touch wine and meat.

    Not only that, Xiao Yan also announced to the whole world: no matter what kind of sacrifice activities in the future, livestock cannot be used, only vegetables can be used, even the royal sacrifice is the same.

    It was only later that it was opposed by the civil and military officials, so it was compromised and changed to the shape of a livestock with dough to replace it. It is also interesting to say, perhaps Shakyamuni himself did not expect that his habit of eating meat was completely changed by an emperor.

  2. Anonymous users2024-02-11

    No. Among the five precepts. Although the abstinence of alcohol is a veil vow. But the heart cannot be pure. As long as you practice the Dharma. People who believe in Buddhism. You just can't enjoy life too much.

  3. Anonymous users2024-02-10

    No. This is because the monk's root vow has the clause "do not drink alcohol". Drinking alcohol hinders spiritual practice.

  4. Anonymous users2024-02-09

    No. Those fake ones will definitely be drunk. True monks don't drink alcohol.

  5. Anonymous users2024-02-08

    According to Buddhist beliefs, monks are not allowed to drink alcohol. And you can't eat meat fish yet.

  6. Anonymous users2024-02-07

    OK. First, use wine as a medicine.

    Second, promote blood circulation (in cold areas).

  7. Anonymous users2024-02-06

    No, abstaining from alcohol is one of the five precepts. One.

  8. Anonymous users2024-02-05

    Wine is a poison that wears the intestines, and it is easy to confuse people's minds.

  9. Anonymous users2024-02-04

    Wine and meat passed through the intestines, and the Buddha stayed in his heart.

  10. Anonymous users2024-02-03

    How tired are you from being a monk!! Don't be a monk at all, hehe

  11. Anonymous users2024-02-02

    Monks are not allowed to drink alcohol or eat meat. Monks have precepts in the monastery and can only eat some vegetarian food.

  12. Anonymous users2024-02-01

    Wine and meat passed through the intestines, and the Buddha stayed in his heart.

  13. Anonymous users2024-01-31

    Because drinking alcohol grows hair, long hair is not a monk, so you can't drink alcohol.

  14. Anonymous users2024-01-30

    Unable to maintain a keen eye of observation, drinking alcohol is not conducive to spiritual practice.

    Drinking alcohol is a kind of enjoyment and pastime, and the monk is supposed to return to detachment, not to answer for pleasure and enjoyment.

    In India, the monks begged for food and relied on the devotees to make a living. The devotees make offerings to the monks in the hope that the food and money they will be able to support the monks to practice diligently and live a pure life in accordance with the law. Monks should also live a monastic life in accordance with the law.

    Therefore, it is not appropriate to rely on the charity of others for the sake of enjoyment.

    Drunken people go crazy with their words and deeds, damaging the image of the monks.

  15. Anonymous users2024-01-29

    Monks should be empty-eyed, without seven emotions and six desires, so they can't drink.

  16. Anonymous users2024-01-28

    Who told you that the current monks can drive BMWs with a salary

  17. Anonymous users2024-01-27

    As we all know, China is a country rich in costume films. We can learn from the costume films that monks do not eat meat or drink alcohol. But why can Jigong, who is also a monk, drink wine and eat meat?

    Is it true that monks don't eat meat or drink alcohol? After reading the knowledge!

    It turns out that Buddhism in different regions has different requirements for monks. For example, Japanese monks can drink wine and eat meat, and they can also marry wives and have children, while Chinese monks cannot.

    In fact, the monks before the Northern and Southern Dynasties lived as chic and casual as the Japanese monks, and they could also eat meat, drink wine, marry wives and have children. It wasn't until there was a Liang Wu Emperor Xiao Yan in the Northern and Southern Dynasties that the good days of Chinese monks who were chic and happy came to an end. Due to a series of family troubles, Emperor Wu of Liang gradually changed from Confucianism to Buddhism.

    While vigorously supporting Buddhism, he also practiced it himself, and even entered the temple as a monk several times.

    Because Xiao Yan, Emperor Wu of Liang, was a vegetarian himself, he always advocated simplicity and thrift, and opposed extravagance and waste. It was precisely because of Emperor Wu of Liang's strong advocacy of vegetarianism and his obsession with Buddhism that he ordered that all monks in the country must follow his example and all of them should be vegetarians. Since then, it has become a customary tradition for Buddhist monks not to eat meat.

    In addition, the reason why Buddhism also prohibits alcohol is because "alcohol" in Buddhism actually contains everything that has a narcotic effect and is harmful to the body and mind. Although there is nothing inherently sinful about alcohol, it is possible for a monk to cause sin when he drinks it. In order to prevent monks from sinning due to drinking, Buddhism also strictly prohibits monks from drinking alcohol.

    Therefore, abstaining from alcohol and meat has become a unique symbol of monks.

    However, with the development of the times, the self-discipline of monks is gradually weakening, and the requirements of society for monks have also begun to decrease. Nowadays, there are not a few monks who get married and have children, and there are even more monks who drink wine and eat meat.

  18. Anonymous users2024-01-26

    There is no prohibition on eating meat in the monk's precepts, which is made by the Chinese themselves, and the precepts include no drinking, but eating meat and not killing.

  19. Anonymous users2024-01-25

    It's just a habit. In order to get sick less.

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