Does the Buddhist scripture say you can't eat eggs? Are eggs life?
In order to dispel the above doubts, the author has studied several Buddhist scriptures and made some social surveys. It is found that some monks in monasteries eat eggs, and some laymen also eat eggs as vegetarian dishes when they are vegetarian. In view of this, this article supports fate and hopes to attract the attention of believers. One of the fine traditions of Han Buddhism is vegetarianism, and eggs have always been fasted. Why has the saying that "vegetarian food can eat eggs" suddenly appeared in recent years? The root of the problem mainly lies in the unhealthy trend of "learning Japanese Buddhism can get married and have children, drink and eat meat". The "Buddhist News" sponsored by the Buddhist Association of a city in Zhejiang Province published an article by a mage, the content of which was "eggs in farms are not refined and lifeless, and can be eaten", which played a role in fueling the situation, misleading students and having a bad influence. According to the principle of "not relying on people according to law" in Buddhism, we should take Buddhist scriptures as evidence to distinguish right from wrong and establish a correct view. It is absolutely unreliable to rely solely on the subjective imagination and speculation of ordinary people. "Bodhisattva's original wish? Yan Fu's Perception of All Life records that the mother of a blind girl was the son of a fish-eating turtle before her death, or fried or cooked her food and counted her lives, so she fell into bad taste and suffered greatly. In the sixth volume of the Shurangama Sutra, the head of the giant Buddha, our teacher Sakyamuni Buddha said to Ananda: "You should know that you are a carnivore, your heart is open like samadhi, you are in Luo Cha, and you will eventually sink into the sea of life and death, not the Buddha * * * *; If so, people will kill each other, devour each other and eat each other. What is a cloud and what is the Three Realms? "It should be noted that all meat has a foul smell, and eggs have the same properties, and it is no exception. People have bad breath and bury their bodies in their stomachs; Eggs are born in the belly of birds. How to eat them? The theory of manifest knowledge in Sanzang says: "First, contact with life: if men and women meet and have children. Second, the smell of health: such as cattle and sheep, men and women have desires, and men smell women's roots with their noses, so they have children. Third, Shasheng: Chickens, finches and other females are lustful and lay eggs in the dust. Fourth, acoustic health: such as cranes, peacocks, etc. Females have desires, smell males and lay eggs and have children. All the eggs can't be eaten, and everyone has children. "It can be proved from this passage that all eggs can't be eaten! Because there are four forms of life, viviparous, oviparous, wet and metaplasia. Eggs belong to egg-laying beings. As long as there is an egg, there is a concrete and weak life. Just like fish eggs, fish lay eggs, cling to the edge or shore of aquatic plants in ponds, and gradually hatch into small fish by sunlight; Those fish eggs that can't be exposed to sunlight can't hatch small fish because of the temperature, but they still have weak life. If you eat them, you kill them. The third article of the above scripture shows that chickens can lay eggs, and hens can lay eggs as long as they have desire. Really: "It's incredible to have a loving heart. "So, eating an egg is equivalent to killing the life of a sentient being. Besides, eggs come out of the hen's nakedness and are filthy. The Shurangama Sutra of the Giant Buddha also pointed out in particular: "If people who eat spicy food in the world can recite the Twelve Sutras, the Ten Immortals will find them smelly and salty, and stay away from them. "In the Ghost Newspaper written by Tang Lin, a senior official in the Tang Dynasty, there are records of eating eggs and rewarding them; Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty likes to eat several eggs at a time. At that time, the officials who supervised the emperor's diet pulled out tigers to serve the emperor at every meal; Emperor Wendi of Sui acceded to the throne, and he stayed in his original post. During the reign of the Emperor of Sui Dynasty, he died suddenly, but he was not buried because there was still heat in his heart. Three days later, he returned to Yang's place. As soon as he opened his mouth, he shouted, "Take me to the emperor quickly. I want to send a message to Emperor Wu of Zhou." Emperor Wendi of Sui received him and asked him why. He said; "After the sudden death, someone told me to go to a cave, and I saw more than 100 people riding horses in the distance, surrounded by Emperor Wu of Zhou. Emperor Wu said, "The Prince of Yan sent you to testify." With that, Emperor Wu went into the cave, and the officers he led also went into the cave together. When I entered the palace, I saw Yan and Emperor Wu of Zhou together, so I knelt down and worshipped. The prince asked me,' How many eggs did Emperor Wu eat before and after you prepared food for him in recent years? I replied,' Emperor Wu often eats eggs. I didn't count it. The prince said to Emperor Wu,' This man has never counted how many eggs you have eaten in his life. Let's take them out and count them all! Although Emperor Wu was unhappy, an iron bed suddenly appeared in front of the court. Dozens of jailers are all tauren. Wu emperor involuntarily lying in bed at the moment. At this time, I saw the jailer pressing his stomach with an iron beam and his shoulder cracked. I saw eggs pouring out one after another at the crack. In a short time, they piled up as high as a bed, almost a dozen (five fights and one welcome), and Yan ordered the officials to carry me out of the cave. At this time, Emperor Wu said to me,' When you return to Sun, give a message to the son of the Sui Dynasty. He used to be my colleague, and now the gold and jade in the national treasury are also stored when I was alive. Because I destroyed Buddhism when I was emperor, it is very painful now. Ask him to do merit for me. ""To this end, Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty once issued imperial edicts to the world, and each household gave a sum of money to make contributions to the conviction of Emperor Wudi of Zhou. Facts have fully proved that eggs must not be eaten. From the perspective of modern molecular biology, all eggs, including the sons (eggs) of fish and turtles, have a weak life in the living body. We can't mistake this for a fertilized egg, but an unrefined egg, which is an excuse to eat eggs. On the question of whether a vegetarian can eat eggs, we must not follow the trend, send the wrong message, get stuck in the quagmire of evil deeds, and make mistakes to harm people. This is a great sin!