On Apr 20, 2005, at 4:28 PM, L B Shriver wrote:

> If I remember correctly (always an iffy proposition) from previous 
> research: Tibet's climate
> and geography make vegetarianism more or less impossible. Buddhists 
> are prohibited
> from killing, but not from eating dead flesh. There is a special 
> butcher caste to deal with
> this.
>
> Corrections and further elaborations are welcomed.

Sounds right to me. Vegetarianism is a carryover from the Jains IIRC.



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