McCartney asked Dalai Lama to turn vegetarian

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When McCartney asked Dalai Lama to turn vegetarian

 

Mon, Dec 15 08:34 PM

 

London, Dec 15 (IANS) Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney tried to turn the

Dalai Lama vegetarian, insisting the famed Buddhist was 'wrong' to eat meat.

 

McCartney wrote to the Tibetan spiritual leader to point out that

meat-eaters contribute to the suffering of animals, contradicting the

latter's statement that Buddhists 'believe in not causing suffering to

any sentient beings'.

 

Contactmusic.com reports McCartney as saying: 'I found out that he was

not a vegetarian, so I wrote to him saying 'Forgive me for pointing this

out, but if you eat animals then there is some suffering somewhere along

the line'.

 

'He replied saying that his doctors had told him he needed it, so I

wrote back saying they were wrong.'