旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� 쿜. Do I have to be a Vegetarian, if I become a Buddhist ? � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� A. There are lots of advantages of being a Vegetarian, irrespective of whether one is a Buddhist or not. It is one's free choice. The first of the five precepts generally undertaken by all Buddhists, refer to not killing living beings. So, in daily practice you do come across monks, and lay persons who are Vegetarians by their free choice and reaping the benefits of their choice, and also there are non-vegetariaans who are Buddhists reaping the outcomes of such life-style. Hence the short answer to this question is, no, you don't have to be a vegetarian, but it is up to you to make up your own mind regarding this available free choice.