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title: But I still think that a Buddhist should be vegetarian.
description: "If there was a man who was a very strict vegetarian but who was selfish, dishonest and mean, and another man who was not"
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If there was a man who was a very strict vegetarian but who was selfish, dishonest and mean, and another man who was not a vegetarian but who was thoughtful of others, honest, generous and kind, which of these two people would be the better Buddhist?