---
title: "Buddhist Vegetarian Reasons..."
date: 2010-02-12
description: "Just one more reason I need to adopt a true vegetarian lifestyle. Just as no pleasures can bring delight To someone whose body is ablaze with fire, Nor can the ..."
categories: ["Dharma Writings"]
tags: ["buddha", "shantideva", "vegetarianism"]
author: "Matthew Williamson"
url: https://hologramthoughts.com/blog/buddhist-vegetarian-reasons/
---

# Buddhist Vegetarian Reasons...

Just one more reason I need to adopt a true vegetarian lifestyle.

> Just as no pleasures can bring delight To someone whose body is ablaze with fire, Nor can the great compassionate ones be pleased When harm is done to sentient beings. - Shantideva