Throughout His lifetime of executing Tao Dharma, The Founding Master Shakyamuni Buddha kept His hair short and neat like the above portrait, not shaving all His hair, as later monks and nuns wrongfully thought to do. Recalling His last meal, one of His faithful disciples, Purna,[23] offered Him a piece of grilled meat. This indicated that the Shakyamuni Buddha was not a vegan. Lord Maitreya also taught that even if The Founding Master returned to live with His wife and child, He would not lose His True Reward of Buddha’s Fruit. Latter Tao practitioners heavily focused on the Divine Dharma and thus initiated a custom to shave heads, adopt a vegetarian diet, and avoid the secular world, thus living in illusions and gradually separating from the True Dharma. Therefore, their way of practicing Tao Dharma is no longer the same principle of the Buddha, but rather heavily focuses on color, form, and sound, leading to the Degenerate Dharma to this day.

Because of this intransigent mistake, when Lord Maitreya was incarnated and opened Tao Dharma by taking on the characteristics of a layman in Nha Trang city for 37 years, no monk or nun followed to practice the path of enlightenment with Him.

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