VEGETARIANS SHOULD ALSO ABSTAIN FROM ALCOHOLIC DRINKS
Caller: How do you do, Master? Today, while printing the Dharma booklets for Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door, I prayed to Guan Yin Bodhisattva to help me get through the phone line of the Oriental Radio station. Amazingly, I managed to get through the line. Master, may I ask after making a vow to practise vegetarianism, are Buddhist practitioners allowed to consume a little red wine on special occasions, like family gatherings during festive holidays?
Master Jun Hong Lu: What do you think?
Caller: I would think it is not allowed. However, the Buddhist practitioner is rather insistent. I hope Master Lu can enlighten us.
Master Jun Hong Lu: This is simple. Vegetarians are not allowed to consume alcoholic drinks.
Caller: Not even a little?
Master Jun Hong Lu: No.
Caller: In that case, should the Buddhist practitioner recite the Eighty-Eight Buddhas Great Repentance (LIFO)?
Master Jun Hong Lu: Yes, he must recite LIFO.
Caller: How many times should he recite?
Master Jun Hong Lu: 17 times, and he should also vow not to drink again.
Source: Wenda20141026B 10:21, Master Jun Hong Lu’s call-in radio program
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