To put it simply, the retribution of eating meat is to eat half a catty for eight taels. In the past, one pound was sixteen taels.

This is a well-earned reward.

You may wish to read Master Xuanhua’s teachings, as follows:

Discussed on November 20, 1979

Emperor Wu of Liang was in power At that time, Buddhism in China was very prosperous. Whenever there was a wedding or funeral, monks were invited to chant sutras. Times have changed today. Nowadays, monks are only invited to chant sutras during funerals. When there is a happy event, such as getting married or giving birth to a child, no one invites the monks to chant sutras. In fact, this is wrong. Regardless of whether it is a wedding or a banquet, monks should be invited to recite sutras, dedicate themselves, and sow blessings. On the one hand, they can save the dead and on the other hand, they can increase blessings for the living.

During the reign of Emperor Wu of Liang Dynasty, there was a monk named Zhi Gong. One time, a wealthy family was getting married, so they invited Monk Zhi Gong to chant sutras. As soon as he stepped into the door, he sighed: "It's weird, weird! The grandson marries the grandmother. The daughter eats the mother's meat, and the son beats the father's skin drum. The pigs and sheep sit on the kang, and the six relatives cook in the pot. Everyone comes to congratulate me. It’s so painful to look at!”

What does this mean? Do you think it’s strange for a grandson to marry his grandmother? It turned out that when this grandmother was dying, she held her grandson's hand and felt very reluctant to part with her. She said, "You all have families and a career, but I am the only one who has no one to take care of my little grandson. Alas! What should I do?" passed away. When she arrived in the underworld, King Yama sentenced her: "Since you dote on your grandson so much, you should go back and be his wife so that you can take care of him." So the grandmother entrusted her son to be his grandson's wife. So the causes and consequences in the world are sometimes very scary.

"A girl eats her mother's flesh." Outside, a girl was eating pig's trotters with gusto. The pig turned out to be her mother in her previous life. "The son beats the father's leather drum." Monk Zhigong looked at those playing music, playing gongs, drums, trumpets, and flutes. It was so lively! There was a man playing the drum hard. The drum was made of donkey skin, and the donkey turned out to be his father in the previous life!

Monk Zhi Gong looked at the Kang and said, "Sit on the Kang with pigs and sheep." When he looked at the vegetable pot, he said, "Cook in the Liuqin pot." It turns out that the pigs and sheep that were slaughtered in the past are now coming back to eat people, asking these people to pay their karmic retribution. The six relatives who used to eat pigs and sheep are now coming back to be cooked in the pot to pay off their debts. "Everyone came to congratulate me." Everyone thought it was a happy day, but Monk Zhigong only sighed: "I said it was really bitter!" In fact, people take pleasure in suffering!

After listening to this public case, everyone should know the horror of killing and eating meat. We also studied the word "meat": "There are two people inside the word meat, and the inside covers the people outside. All living beings eat the flesh of living beings. Think carefully about people eating people." Therefore, it is best to be a vegetarian. But when eating vegetarian food, don’t use names like vegetarian chicken, vegetarian duck, vegetarian abalone, etc. Now that I’m fasting, why can’t I let it go? Just giving these dirty names contains the seeds of pollution. So don’t use meat names when talking about vegetarian dishes in the future.

After arriving at the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas this time, some people vowed to become vegetarians when they returned. This is very good. Cut off contact with the six realms of reincarnation. If you don't eat him, he won't eat you; if you don't kill him, he won't kill you. In this way, the karma of the cycle will be purified.

Someone also asked: What are the benefits of fasting?

I said: "There is no benefit, just live and be fooled." What do you mean? Because vegetarian food does not taste as good as meat, it is said that people are still being fooled. However, if you don’t eat fast, you will be deceived. Just like a scale, which side is heavier and which side is lighter, you have to study it yourself.

Why is it said that eating meat is a dead end? Whatever you eat, that ingredient is in you. When you eat vegetables, you smell of vegetables; when you eat onions, you smell of onions; when you eat milk, you smell of milk; when you eat custard, you smell of custard; when you eat garlic, your breath smells of garlic. Because what you eat will join with you, become one, and become a part of you. If you eat too much of whatever you eat, your body will become like it. Therefore, if you eat too much pork, you will become a pig; if you eat too much beef, you will become a cow. This is scientific and logical. Your body and meat become partners. After death, he will become something like that. For example, if the whole body smells like pig after death, King Yama will pout his nose and say: "You stink so bad, you'd better become a pig." The same principle applies to sheep, cattle, chickens and dogs, so it is said that after death Be fooled.

If you study carefully, the pig-killer’s eyes look like pigs. Why? He had been killed many times, and now he came back for revenge, but his eyes were still pig eyes. The eyes of a man who slaughters a cow are like the eyes of a cow. In fact, cause and effect are not happy at all, so it is said: "For thousands of years, the injustice in the bowl has been as deep as the sea, and it is difficult to redress. If you want to know about the catastrophes in the world, listen carefully to the sound of the slaughterhouse in the middle of the night." The resentment hidden in a bowl of broth , as deep as the sea, indescribable. You must know why there are wars and killings in the world. For example, two countries fight each other, causing many casualties. This is the accumulation of evil karma of all living beings, and they receive their retribution at the same time. If you can listen carefully to the shrill screams in the slaughterhouse in the middle of the night, you should understand the horror of the endless killing.

Science has now shown that people who eat more meat are more likely to develop cancer. This is because the resentment in the animal body accumulates too much in you, and over time it turns into harmful toxins. Therefore, we should cut off the cause and effect from all living beings, and do not create sins with cattle, sheep, chickens, and dogs, so that we can slowly turn the evil spirits in the world around.

In the Holy City of Ten Thousand Buddhas, while practicing the righteous Dharma, I want to transform the murderous calamity in the world and slowly eliminate it invisible and formless. Therefore, I advocate that people should not kill, steal, engage in sexual misconduct, lie, drink alcohol, or take narcotics. At a minimum, you must observe the five precepts, and you must keep them pure. Now that you have arrived at Treasure Mountain, don’t go back empty-handed!

It can be seen that vegetarianism should be encouraged. Even if you cannot give up eating meat all at once, you should eat more vegetarian food and less meat. If you eat meat, you should also eat three kinds of pure meat.

I wish the original poster all the best. Six o'clock is auspicious.

Namo Amitabha!