Q and A about Practicing Amitabha-Recitation
Part Two - Rebirth through Amitabha-Recitation
第二部分 有關念佛往生
Q16: I am not a vegetarian yet, can I still be reborn through Amitabha-recitation?
Answer: Yes, you can! Please refer to P. 283 in the Third Collection of the Accounts of Amitabha-Recitation about Zhang Yuzhi, and P.382 about Zhang Liandi, and P.321 about Huang Xixun, who were not vegetarians, but they were reborn through Amitabha-recitation.
It depends on the individual situation, it is better to be a vegetarian. There are many advantages to being a vegetarian, such as: being aligned with the Buddha’s compassionate mind, not causing fear in sentient beings, being good for one’s own health, better for the environment, and creating fewer karmic obstructions near the end-of-life.
16問：未吃素，念佛能往生嗎？
答：能！《念佛感應錄》第三集第283頁張玉枝、第382頁張蓮娣、第321頁黃錫勳等，都還沒有吃素，也都念佛往生。
不過視情形，能吃素最好。素食好處很多，順佛慈悲心，施眾生無畏，有利自身健康，有利節能環保，臨終減少業障。
Namo Amituofo!
