Thats conflating two things, Buddhists need not vegetarians, the use of the word pacfism in the article refers to it in the interhuman context. In fact many be

Thats conflating two things, Buddhists need not vegetarians, the use of the word pacfism in the article refers to it in the interhuman context. In fact many believe that Buddha eventually succumbed to disease caused by consuming undercooked pork. http://ccbs.ntu.edu.tw/FULLTEXT/JR-MEL/waley.htm http://ccbs.ntu.edu.tw/FULLTEXT/JR-MEL/waley.htm