The "equality of all beings" in Buddhism is equality based on various legal realities. In other words, "sentient beings" in the true sense means that all living and non-living things on the earth are equal and have the wisdom and virtue of Tathagata. All living beings have Buddha nature and can become Buddhas.

First of all, if all the laws are different in vulgar sense, you can't say mountain peace. If mountain peace is equal, you should swim on the mountain and drive on the water, but it's not. It's obvious, don't you think?

At the same time, Buddhism stresses sentient beings, including sentient beings and heartless beings. This can only be discussed from the image world. Affection cannot be equated with ruthlessness, ruthlessness can't talk or walk. Have you ever seen a stone run? Of course not.

So the next question is easy to say. We drink water and eat plants, which are the most basic living conditions. It should be noted that Buddhism is not dogmatism, let alone extremism. Buddhism is a very humanized middle way education. If we want to survive, we must have the most basic survival factors. Water, air and plants are all things that we must absorb. It can't be said that even heartless people can't eat because all beings are equal. This idea was discovered by pagans in ancient India more than 2,000 years ago and was criticized by the Buddha. As Confucius said, "going too far is not as good as going too far", it is wrong to go to both extremes, so we should criticize them!

In addition, on the one hand, we should also remind that the Buddha said that the world was formed by ruthlessness first, and all beings were born by ruthlessness. Without ruthlessness, all beings cannot exist. The two are dialectical and interdependent, and the Buddha taught us to make rational use of and respect the merciless resources of nature.