"How then can it be compassionate to gorge on other beings’ blood and flesh? Monks who will not wear silks from the East, whether coarse or fine; who will not wear shoes or boots of leather, nor furs, nor birds’ down from our own country; and who will not consume milk, curds, or ghee, have truly freed themselves from the world."
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Gautama Buddha, Śūraṅgama Sūtra, translated by the Buddhist Text Translation Society (2009), Part VII, Chapter 2: On Killing. Full text online.
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