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Are eggs vegetarian or non-vegetarian? Can vegetarians eat eggs?

The main reasons and basis for not agreeing that vegetarians can eat eggs are as follows:

1. From a Buddhist perspective: the spirit of vegetarianism is to cultivate compassion, love people and animals , love the environment, love the world... Killing and eating animals for your own taste and preferences violates compassion from the heart. People who truly have Buddha in their hearts will believe in the Buddha from the bottom of their hearts and abide by the Buddha's teachings. One of the most important teachings of the Buddha is not to kill for the sake of compassion. If you kill animals in action, or ask others to kill animals for you because you want to eat meat or eggs, or force you to change the lifestyle of hens in order to eat vegetarian eggs, and deprive the chicks of their right to be born, it is also killing and a violation of the law. Buddha's teachings. "The Theory of Manifested Consciousness" says: "Everything that has an egg that is inedible has a son." "Taisho Zang" Volume 31, page 882: "Anyone who is sentient is not suitable for eating. Although they are unconscious, they are still alive, such as various eggs, and they are not suitable for eating."

2. Judging from the traditional Chinese theory of yin and yang and the five elements: the yin energy of eggs is extremely heavy. Yin Qi is a negative and negative negative substance that opposes Yang Qi and can deplete people's vitality and true energy. Many people who practice Qigong and yoga and have opened their heavenly eyes (special powers) can see that the egg-eater's "qi" becomes dark and dull. Therefore, practitioners throughout the ages have forbidden eating eggs. Because from the perspective of practice: the results of practice will be consumed by Yin Qi.

3. From the perspective of killing: people must eat to survive, and eating plants is certainly considered killing. But the life consciousness of plants is much smaller than that of animals and humans. Just like there is a difference between killing people and killing animals, there is also a difference between eating plants and eating animals and eggs. Human beings should try to reduce killing karma as much as possible. This is why Buddhism (and some other religions) promote vegetarianism.

4. From an environmental perspective: Many recent data confirm that animal husbandry is the main culprit of global warming, accounting for 18% of carbon emissions, exceeding the 13% of global automobile carbon emissions. Therefore, people who are vegetarians for the sake of environmental protection, hoping to reduce the environmental damage caused by animal husbandry, certainly do not eat eggs.

5. From the perspective of longevity: A 14-year study conducted by Japanese scientists found that compared with their peers, women who eat one or more eggs a day are more likely to eat only one egg a week. Mortality rates were 22 higher for women with one or two eggs. Avoid eating eggs for longevity. Their findings were published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

6. From a health perspective: Being vegetarian and not eating eggs can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer. (Because in order to increase the egg production rate of chickens, modern chicken breeding industry will give hens a large amount of antibiotics and inject estrogen, and estrogen is a carcinogen.) People's diet at each stage of growth should be coordinated with a low-fat diet. Regular consumption of soy protein, instead of high-cholesterol animal protein, and foods containing antibiotics and hormones, will help lower cholesterol, thereby reducing the risk of heart disease and cancer.

7. Judging from the remarks of famous practitioners: Chengtian Temple, the monastery of the old monk Guangqin, clearly stipulates that it is strictly prohibited to bring in meat, cigarettes, alcohol, eggs, etc. Master Chan Gong of Lianyin Temple repeatedly taught in the tape: "You cannot eat eggs (see the audio tape of Master Chan Gong's teaching issued by Lianyin Academy)." In modern times, the Master Xuanhua even said (transcript of the tape): "It doesn't matter if you eat an egg during your vegetarian diet! It doesn't matter. When you become a chicken, you will know that it comes directly from eating eggs." "Eggs are not edible! People with wrong views say that eggs without male eggs are edible, so don't listen to them. Eggs are also poisonous, because chickens often eat poisonous insects." —Page 539 of Master Yinguang's Notes, Part 1, Volume 2. (Book of Tao Rong, a lay scholar of the Futang Dynasty).