According to the Mahayana Buddhist tradition known as Buddhism Development, Buddhists are vegetarians should abstain when the new contingent. The new contingent of five dishes pungent smell spices include: Administrative (way) chives (flux), garlic (college math), palanquin (lan communication) and manic pile, scientific name is Allium fistulosum, the type of home you can shape and taste similar no compression bulbs in China and Vietnam (Dictionary of Buddhism, Chinese - Vietnamese, Social Sciences Publishing House, p. 806).

Why Buddhists do not eat this stuff, because the character of these things it contains many elements stimulants and pungent odor, if you eat more or body odor, hot-tempered and excitable virtue. Therefore, that in Shurangama, vol 8, Buddha: "The demand beings Meditation (Samadhi) should not eat spicy food in the world. Since year pungent dishes cooked that if they discovered sex, anger, bears eat raw.

Those who eat five dishes that pungent Though gifted preacher twelve sutras, ten gods are disparaging and alienating foulness. Demonic look that people eat instant drag to select some lip licking, licking their edges, so often live with the devil. Blessings of modern people eat each day a target contingent gradually. Bodhisattvas and not friendly to the gods in ten support him. " So Brahma Net Sutra, lower volumes, the Buddha taught: "As Buddhists do not eat the new contingent, if anyone deliberately eating the crimes committed contempt structure".

However, according to medical science, said the new contingent contains many active ingredients increases the resistance of the body, is used to prevent and treat disease. The latest research by the World Health Organization (WHO) on garlic and onions have the ability to heal all colds, cardiovascular disease and cancer etc ... So, so for the purposes of preventing or treating disease, then at a certain extent, the Buddhist vegetarian can also be used.

According to the University of the Western Lands Tripitaka Master Xuanzang then: "The monks in the Western Region, if someone was seriously ill, as directed by the physician must use the new Five is temporarily used, but in its own right a place, isolated. After all patients, have clean bathing, changing clothes, new for them to live with Boost. "

This, according to Tantric practitioner, specializing mantras, then absolutely not eat.Because this type of eating, the mantras will not be spiritual experience. But for those who practice the exoteric, then the other. Because exoteric not focus on the mantras, so the Buddha is no absolute prohibition.

According to the Master's answer on this subject Thanh Tu, the question of a Buddhist, is recorded in the tape explaining the Zen Patriarchs 33 India and China, the Master said, who Buddhists practice the exoteric, it can still be used this stuff.

But as mentioned above, is only used in a certain extent, for preventing and treating only, and not to abuse it, counterproductive but harmful to health. But it is a medicine, but if used excessively, it is easy to cause harm.

In short, the new occupants abstaining, for the Buddhist monastic religious or Tantric house, then absolutely they never use. In contrast, the Buddhists practice the exoteric, there is no absolute abstinence. However, if a Buddhist vegetarian that does not eat preserved abstinence, it's also very good so.END=NAM MO CAKYA MOUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THCH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTENMENT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.22/11/2016.MHDT.