Of all the monks in the world, why are Chinese Han monks the only ones who can't eat meat or drink alcohol?

Of all the monks in the world, only Chinese monks don't eat meat and revere vegetarianism. It is because our Buddha is compassionate and never kills living beings, and if you don't kill living beings, you don't eat meat. Can't bear to eat, all living beings meat.

There are monks in many countries around the world, but the foreign ones seem like they all eat meat, only the Chinese monks are never eat meat, which makes many foreign monks incredible.

In fact, Shakyamuni Buddha did not pass away before he was a meat eater, the real advocate of not eating meat, only vegetarian diet was initiated by Emperor Wu of Liang, when he read a scripture, he saw that said one sentence. Bodhisattvas are so merciful and compassionate that they cannot bear to eat the flesh of living beings. Emperor Wu of Liang was very touched after reading it and came to a great realization. So he went on a vegetarian diet and stopped eating meat. He was the protector of Buddhism so the monks followed her in not eating meat. Slowly it was passed down and the monks stopped eating meat. That was the beginning of vegetarianism.

In ancient China, monks never ate meat, and to eat meat was to be in violation of the law, to be punished or to be expelled. Meat is also on the animal, eating meat is sure to kill him. And monks are never killed, the Lord Buddha great compassion, so they never eat vegetarian, never eat meat.

Drinking is not eating meat, why monks can not drink it, want to enter the door of the Buddha, we have to five precepts, do not drink, do not kill, do not steal, do not commit adultery, do not delusion. The reason is that drinking alcohol can make one's mind unclear, that person's thoughts are confused, and alcohol can stimulate the nervous system and make one become arrogant, confused, disoriented and may lead to crime, so monks never drink alcohol.

And monks are often outside, want to eat is usually rely on other people's alms to do, usually people can not afford to eat meat, it is difficult to ask people to do meat to eat, so, monks do not eat meat, do not drink.

Not eating meat, not drinking wine, but also to test the patience and perseverance of the monks, only confidence, faith is strong enough to be able to do so. In order to deserve to be a qualified monk, mentioning the Buddha's compassionate well.