HT. Thich Thien Hoa
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Vegetarianism As A Spiritual Practice Methods Of Buddhists
Vfix diet is a critical issue for all people, all living beings. If you live without food, all beings in St. already. Shakyamuni Buddha, when he was a prince, said a significant sentence: "The life lived by the dead." Think back to that view: from the birth mother until now, to live, each of us has killed many animals then? We eat, we drink, we breath, we are, we stand, we go, each like each movement, have caused many mourning for the creatures around us! That's not to mention the villain, killing for fun, the money, fame ... If life without anyone * who died, then his life will know how beautiful! This desire can be achieved in large part, if we apply the method that the Buddha was a vegetarian devised.
Thus, fasting for a Buddhist is not a curiosity, a curious list, dish for a delicious change, an abstinence as advised by your doctor. Fasting is a method of practice is important, that the Buddhist practice as long as it is much more fruitful results until then.
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Definition
Fasting, or eating crackers, that is eating the herbs: fruit, vegetables, not eating the food of animals such as meat, fish, shrimp, crabs, oysters, snails these beings, that life and fear of death as people.
Reason for Vegetarianism
1. Out of compassion and equality
When the Buddha's lifetime, one day Ananda asked the Buddha said:
-White Buddha, why do before, Buddhist disciples to eat them pure humiliation (Five year net meat flesh is pure: a) eat meat but do not see people killed. b) Thitc they do not eat animals killed heard the call. c) eat meat but I do not think people kill themselves. d) Meat of dead animals themselves. e) other animal meat leftovers), Which has forbidden him to eat meat?
Ananda Buddha replied: Because of his proficiency in the dawn is poor, can not territorial Mahayana teachings, correct practice of last resort, when we are told Hinayana legal means to him Net use of temporary staff abuse. So far he has a high degree of territorial life is Mahayana teachings, there is absolutely forbidden to eat meat. And eat it, it's killing was committed, if not directly then indirectly to watch closely, destroying the seeds of compassion equality can not be priests of Buddha.
The Buddha's teaching is clear: Vegetarianism is essential to foster the spirit of compassion and equality.
Indeed, according to Buddhists who lead with compassion, not of faith does not practice compassion in our lives from our thoughts, words, to the diet.
If we so want to eat quiche, happy belly, which looked grim scene beheading, skinning animals gentle innocence, callous ears deaf to the cries bitterly of the animals are seconds between trem cutting board, meat on the table, the stars are called Buddhists.
Without a mercy killing before such scenes, the seeds of compassion every day dried up, barren, and meticulous practice, reciting the Buddha's we become useless.
Compassion is the teaching of which is directed Equal. He tells us: "All sentient beings have Buddha nature alike." So Buddhists under the eyes of their range, and should not be seen * The different characters, but only a co-equal perception, hidden in the body difference. Said: "Physical wedge" is a very wrong concept, due to the selfishness and arrogance of birth. Conception to tolerate people being killed down on things, and creating a situation of inequality, it never passed away can be peace, peace.
2. So to avoid reincarnation valuable results
He tells us: "All sentient beings from the cortex, so far, every creation of crime, murder eat each other, the result was evil, birth and death is forever in six lines." Surangama Sutra says: "kill an H then return a network; not mind killing off except, it can not work out the ceiling." So to avoid unfairly reported reincarnation, avoid the sin of the world watch. Buddhists to be vegetarian. If you can not eat meat at all skeptical owe my life and debt flesh, blood is blood.
3. Because hygienic
This is not new but ancient, a philosopher, he Seneque, said: "Every meal, it is self-poisoned meat, a man tried suicide covertly without knowing, so human network is premature, premature death. " Indeed, today the house renowned medical doctor as he Soteyko, Kiplami Varia also said: "In all things meat, there are many toxic substances are dangerous for human health." Concrete evidence that vegetables are dried for a long time, or cancers that are less bad then, while meat and fish for a long time candidates, run, stand no foul fishy, and when eaten, we see in the very heavy masonry, fatigue, indigestion. Moreover, the animals, often with the disease or other diseases such as tuberculosis, typhoid, worm diseases, slugs, etc. .., if we eat, it caught the disease, very dangerous.
To avoid the disease, and increased health, we should eat more vegetables. Scientists, as well as Eastern medicine, Western fast food are recognized as gentle, pure, d digestion and vitamins are added. Therefore, in Japan there Affairs "The formalism", in France, Germany, Britain, America has a "Talk To The Wood".
There are many people who are prejudiced mistakes that eat fish, to have enough power. In fact, meat eaters do not have the strength and strength endurance in the hard vegetarian. Government Professor Irwin Fischer at Yale University Road, after many experiments, solemnly declare that:
- Eating meat or food items are high in protein, will cause people not be hard enough, not like other people drink.
Ms. White, a scientist has claimed that family:
- The third seed, the first fruits, beans and vegetables are the food that nature intended to feed us. The food was cooked in a simple, very hygienic and very complementary. It makes the body healthy, mentally and prevent so many diseases.
I. How to Eat Vegetarian
1. Vegetarian Program
Although fasting for Buddhists is a necessity, a way to practice but to be practical benefits, there must be methods, and applying sequentially the radical and its integer . First, non-Buddhists can always just quit his habit to eat meat vegetarian. Thus, the direction is divided into two categories: public and vegetarian vegetarian.
a) Fasting period. Vegetarian food is a term period specified in each month or each year:
Second boy: Eat vegetarian 2 days in each month and the fifteenth day of a lunar month.
From the left: Eating vegetarian 4 days in months: hope one, eighth, fifteenth and intimidation three.
Six boys: Eating vegetarian six days in the month is: hope one, eighth, thin four, fifteenth, eighteen, three intimidation, intimidation of four, eight intimidation, blackmail and thirty nine (if months are missing 27, 28, 29).
Most boys circle: Being vegetarian meals a month in January or July.
Three quarter brother: As a vegetarian eat for three months: January, July and September (or October) or eat for three months straight.
If set in a fasting period of time without experiencing a reaction of body, mind and sees the benefits, then it was to eat vegetarian.
b) Eat vegetarian. Vegetarian or vegetarian school boys always eat all the ink on, without interruption until the end of life.
If every day, give rise to not eat after 12 noon, the boys called midday.
2. Practices
a) changes in food selection. To eat to be long and not bored, we should choose foods with more vitamins, supplements such as tomatoes, spinach, soybeans, mushrooms, cabbage, potatoes, etc. .. and sticky brown dishes must change luonA
So in one meal, what dishes to eat to have a full meal nutritious and delicious? Here are some meal patterns:
Fruits and eat with rice or corn, wheat and vegetables, improved, roasted peanuts.
Fresh milk and eat with fresh fruit and rice, corn or wheat.
The main dishes mentioned above are necessary, but also need more grain of mustard seed spices like pepper, chili pepper, vinegar, etc. .. to help the digestive tract to work easily. But if you use too many spices that are harmful, such as the digestive tract makes the hot, sing or diseases stimulate the body.
b) Method. Food is essential, but cooking is just as important; we do not have the misconception that vegetarian cooking How about, is not necessary to pay attention to. If food supplements without knowing how to cook, it also makes it all complementary, and could even harm the digestive hpa again. Here are a few things to remember when cooking:
Should not be fried too much, because vitamin B and C will be destroyed and the boiling oil oily food makes your stomach sick.
Eat fried, grilled is not lubricated.
When cooking should be boiled in order to cover against loss and vitamins should pour less water to dilute nutrients from. The broth was so good, do not pour out, because it contains so many nutrients and vitamins.
c) the gradual reduction in meat eating on salt. For vegetarians who eat meat period when, buy one ready-made objects, or reduce the amount of meat, eat more vegetables, milk, temporary use chicken eggs, duck eggs are not the children.
When mental effort, not to eat chicken eggs, duck eggs, because eggs are also an animal born soon blossomed.
3. Things to avoid
a) Do not arrogance. The coast is being vegetarians are easily, not being pleased pride, self than people who eat meat and contempt. doing so was born an aversion to the sound but also hurt their faith again.
b) not greed. There are beginner very direct way, the boys ate right, essential for others praise. Fasting is such that out by our greed; this action is not conducive to spiritual practice but also harmful: while no one praises again, are not interested to continue the fast.
c) Do not force determination. Some people mistakenly thought that a vegetarian diet is to the lower body, so try to eat a miserable way, as only relatively uninterrupted eating vegetables, salt, lemon ... from year to year. Eating like that would wear out the body and premature death before enlightenment.
d) Do not assume saline. Many housewives want to bear his ingenuity by the authors fused salt, then name the salty dishes, or make the form as salinity. For example: old fashioned high, old fashioned coconut known as warehouse that fish stock; boiled banana mix vinegar and fragrant knotweed, the shredded chicken meat cutter named; pair of gripping squash, thinly sliced toasted bread served with the order asked that lui so called beef ...
Thus, inadvertently instigated a vegetarian dish thinking salty, pickled vegetables mouth, but please remember the fish and making fun of the world.
e) Do not forget on fire. Do not forget to look down on those days that I was vegetarian vow, albeit with unusual circumstances such as going to miss the road, working the sessions, so that fasting vegetarian food is not available.
e) Do not use the new army. The new contingent is operating, shallots, garlic, compress, manic piles are not recommended, because things were bad, there are many stimulants heart desires.
IV. The Advantages of Vegetarianism
1. Personally
The benefits of a vegetarian diet for individuals is great. Vegetarians do not plan to procure the benefits of the money but also in the future life.
a) In the present, Vegetarians enjoy the following benefits:
Financial savings, because cheaper food vegetarian food salty.
You save on cooking time and labor, as melon, watermelon, pregnancy, color wash and cut potatoes ... less water, and warehouse storage, boil, cook the blood mature, less firewood.
The body is healthy; spirit is light and clean; intellectual clarity to cultivate meditation.
b) In the next life, not kill valuable results, should not have to repay the flesh and blood, usually from the right network. If people return to work, it is longevity.
2. The social, human, human being
Vegetarian meals are not only benefits individuals, but also for society, mankind, human being again. If someone who is vegetarian, the world is doing what I have known her groans of dread as dead animals and English injustice complained, because the pain of the victims intimately, close relative.
One scientist said: "For world peace, beginning in the human diet must not have a little blood or a piece of meat at all."
Full statement of this moral sense also an ancient saying:
"First the police being very professional,
Ha Legionaries world. "
(If not all being murdered Lana together, they fear what the world is the enemy retired).
Vegetarian is a soldier of peace. Indeed vegetarians, with a boundless compassion, regarded as his creatures, you are all species, not two beings kill animals to satisfy their desires, never mind killing it to achieve the goal of profit Name.
If the society, everyone is fasting, what is the story quarrelsome, beaten together, as we see every day.
If in a country, everyone is a vegetarian, there is no weak stories rape powerful, smart times longer, kill each other to satisfy our desires.
If in the world, everyone is a vegetarian, then this world is the world of Ultimate Bliss.
Conclusion
Any person or irregular Although Buddhists should be vegetarians
As we saw in the previous paragraph, in terms of science or Buddhism, in terms of individual or corporate body, the present or future, the vegetarian diet has many benefits.
So, who is not Buddhist, if you want to be healthy physically, mentally be despised security, intellectual clarity to learning; if desired financial savings, the labor, time, if desired harmonious family is still fun, take blood samples familiar with vegetarian food.
And those who have al Buddhists have prayer in the footsteps of virtue from women, they must practice the vegetarian diet, to be extended compassion and spiritual equality is far, mind is revealed treatment, direct effects soon to be members.
Know, say d that makes difficult, but a willingness to progress and, when things were clear benefits, it is even difficult to decide how much to be practical. The practice was not done right in one, which must sequentially move forward.
If we apply the vegetarian diet as the way mentioned above, suppose there is nothing hard. Updates is important is that we really have only good or not.
Venerable Thien Hoa.END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY BACH LIEN HOA.( TAM THANH ).NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).1/2/2012.RESEARCH BUDDHIST DHARMA BY TAM THANH.
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