Thai Buddhist Monk feeding a tiger from his own bowl in Tiger Temple, or Wat Pha Luang Ta Bua, which is a Theravada Buddhist temple in western Thailand that was founded in 1994 as a forest temple and sanctuary for wild animals, among them several tigers, mostly Indo-chinese Tigers.
Courtesy: Wojtek Kalka
Categories: Asia, Buddhism, Picture of the day, Thailand, World
is the Tiger becoming a vegetarian?
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Quite possible, reason being a monk wouldn’t eat meat/non-vegetarian food. If both of them are actually sharing food and not that tiger is eating from the monk’s bowl.
You could at least mention my name since it is my photo :P~!
done…!
Dear Wojtek! It’s a pleasure and honor to see your comment here.
Buddhism in Thailand is closest original Buddhism in Tibet (which is called “Small Wheel”). The monks eat as same as normal people, include meat. Only Chinese Buddhism (is called “Big Wheel” mostly in Korean, Japan and Vietnam) is not allow monks eat meat, due a mis-translate a rule of Buddhism. That rule is “don’t eat before midday, but Chinese mis-translated “don’t eat meat”.