A Brahmin seeing Siddhartha eating a meat dish which had been offered to him as alms said to the Buddha: “tis eating carrion to touch a host’s rich fare well dressed and delicate! To which the Buddha replied: … backbiting, cruelty, ruthless pride, mean stinginess and not the eating of meat is carrion (unclean)
Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha - Nipata Sutta 241-244 (via samsaranmusing)