The Jīvaka Sutta says that a monk can eat meat if he did not see, heard or suspect that he was killed for him. It seems permissive, but in the vaishnavism gaudiya we see it as a temporary patch of the Buddha — an envoy of Krishna. In that ancient India, monks begging food: rejecting it all caused hunger or extreme stiffness. Prabhupada says that Buddha stopped the mad animal sacrifices of Vedic rituals, did not approve meat as a general concept. Today, with the super industry: your bistec finances mass slaughterhouses, brings a strong karma. The flesh obstacles devotional love. The sutta was a historical trick; the bhakti brings total compassion! Source: https://www.facebook.com/share