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When health needs conflict with Buddhist ethical principles

I've been vegan for ethical reasons but I'm severely anemic and my doctor says I need to eat meat and I don't know how to reconcile my health needs with non-harm.

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True compassion includes care for the body that enables service, with wisdom discerning when apparent contradictions serve larger harmony.

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