I am not a buddhist, but I am vegetarian as respect for the living beings, for myself and my health and also because I know that the humans integrate the bad energy from all the suffer the animals felt into their bodies and it interferes with our own energy.
“Jika engkau makan daging dan ingin berlatih spiritual, jiwamu akan terkontaminasi oleh energi tingkat rendah dan menjadi berat, karena itu tidak bisa naik melampaui alam menengah.” ~Ajaran Sejati Kendaraan Agung
Oh so thrilling! What joy! What beauty! After the jay (vegetarian) festival in Thailand I decided to continue eating vegetarian. I'm so glad to have found this video. The music at the end was so beautiful also. Thank you to the artists who made it. I feel so fortunate to have seen such an uplifting message. Thank you! Namo Buddhaya!
Thank you. I fast every New Moon day & Full Moon day - from sunset the night before until sunrise the day after - a good exercise in self-discipline, a great way to "hit the reset button", something I'd recommend to everyone if their health permits it.
Very nicely produced. ❤❤❤ Remember to always take refuge in the triple jewel. Have good compassion roots to reduce or cease our bad karma. Single mindedly Nianfo and vowed to be born in the Land of Ultimate Bliss. Namo Buddhaya Namo Amitabhaya. Amithofo Amithofo Amithofo 🙏 🙏🙏
The phrase "everything in moderation" actually does not equal the Middle Way. This is a misunderstanding. This is clear when we say the following examples: murder in moderation, torture in moderation, rape in moderation.. These are things that should 100% never be done at all! "Meat" is the result of someone's torture, abuse and murder, and must not be done at all. This includes all sentient beings: humans and all animals!
Buddha taught not to kill any living and breathing beings for taste and pleasure of senses. All animal slaughters happen to enjoy the taste of meat. Plant food is abundant and had always been abundant. So, eating the meat slaughtered by someone, especially a follower only increases the karma. Accepting the meat and giving it to dogs or any wild animals / birds is far far far better and lower karma than consuming that meat and thereby consuming a small portion of the karma from murder of the animal or bird or creature.
I accept your good intentions to give away the meat given by someone. If your can chant some mantras for the dead of the meats parts belongs to will be excellent. As the Sangha had said, it could be your wondering past parents reincarnated in samsara. Recite the triple jewel for those dead meats parts works equally perfect as reciting it for yourself or any beloved just past away. Namo Buddhaya, Namo Dharmaya, Namo Sanghaya. Namo Amitabhaya!
Thank you for this inspiring reminder so well designed. I make the wish that very soon on planet earth there will be a vegetarian day followed by the whole population twice a year. The karma generated by such a pledge is too wonderful to describe...
To clarify, the term "Buddhist vegetarian" is not the same as the usual "Ovo-Lacto vegetarian", and is in fact "Vegan" (no meat, fish, eggs, dairy) plus no pungent spices like onions and garlic.. In today's 21st century modern world, with abundant supermarkets, transportation, technology and trade, there is really no good excuse to not be Vegan. All meat, fish, eggs and dairy is the direct result of intentional animal abuse, suffering, mutilation and killing.. In today's global food economy, the mass killings of factory farms is intended for profit and intended to keep feeding customer's addiction to animal flesh and secretions.. If you call yourself "Buddhist" you should take the 1st precept of Ahimsa very seriously. To practice Buddhist Ahimsa is in fact to be Vegan.
Awesome 👏 video thank you. The truth about eating meat 🥩 n fish 🐠 is that it’s allowed only from a natural dead animal. 2500 years ago in India 🇮🇳 it was dense forest with lots of wild Buffalo 🦬 Deer 🦌 etc… so people gather meat from dead animals and preserve them in salt 🧂 or honey 🍯 or smoke 💨 it. In pali the term meat 🥩 refers to flesh of MUSHROOMS 🍄. So the correct answer is no Meat 🍖 from the supermarket as it’s a known fact that the animals are raised n killed for meat. A real Buddhist will not eat meat.
There are no prohibitions in Buddhism as such. Buddha taught "right conduct" and "right living" and "right speech and so on. The teachings were about "positive affirmations". But the 8 vows for monastics and 5 guidelines lay people (Most of us) who take Refuge are the only time it's really put in terms of "refrain" and it's contextual -- from the point of view of reducing suffering of others and yourself, not from the point of view of punishing you. When he taught "refrain from harming sentient beings" for instance" it includes ourselves. The five lay guidelines are: Refrain from harming sentient beings (so, for example, if you need it for your health, and if eggs and milk are not creating suffering, they are fine. (for example, many vegans might go "organic" where the chickens are less likely to have suffered.) Refrain from taking what is not freely given. Refrain from misconduct that harms others Refrain from negative speech: lying, gossip, slander, that harms others. Refrain from intoxicants that harm the mind or reduce our clarity None of these are prohibitions. We're to be mindful of the suffering of others. Hope that helps. It's a big topic.
Although the Buddhist path is the "middle way" The degree to which we interpret and abide by the precepts is up to us as individuals. Buddha didn't lay down "laws" with punishments. He gave us advice and teachings. For Lay practitioners, the five precepts are advice for us: to abstain from taking life. to abstain from taking what is not given. to abstain from sensuous misconduct. to abstain from false speech. to abstain from intoxicants as tending to cloud the mind. He also taught Bodhichitta, Metta and Karuna (Compassion and Love.) None of these are laws. This is our kindly teacher giving us heartfelt advice. In some translations "abstain" is translated as "refrain from..." rather than abstain. In terms of the core teaching, the eightfold path is: Right Understanding Right Intent Right Speech Right Action Right Livelihood Right Effort Right Mindfulness Right Concentration. How we interpret "right action" is up to us personally. I Hope that helps. In kindness, BW
Humans are biologically and evolutionary omnivores Plus some editions of Buddha's death was said to be from a mushroom So yeah, even a vegetarian/vegan diet isn't safe either Balance is key
Some say pork. Different translations, different teachers. (He ate alms, and the sutra account says he knew the food was spoiled (spoiled being the key aspect rather than vegetable or meat) but that he ate it anyway (customary to always accept was is given as alms). Buddha was quite advanced in age, especially for his day, and basically passed when he was ready to go. He was Buddha.
I am not a buddhist, but I am vegetarian as respect for the living beings, for myself and my health and also because I know that the humans integrate the bad energy from all the suffer the animals felt into their bodies and it interferes with our own energy.
“Jika engkau makan daging dan ingin berlatih spiritual, jiwamu akan terkontaminasi oleh energi tingkat rendah dan menjadi berat, karena itu tidak bisa naik melampaui alam menengah.” ~Ajaran Sejati Kendaraan Agung
Oh so thrilling! What joy! What beauty! After the jay (vegetarian) festival in Thailand I decided to continue eating vegetarian. I'm so glad to have found this video. The music at the end was so beautiful also. Thank you to the artists who made it. I feel so fortunate to have seen such an uplifting message. Thank you! Namo Buddhaya!
Thank you. I fast every New Moon day & Full Moon day - from sunset the night before until sunrise the day after - a good exercise in self-discipline, a great way to "hit the reset button", something I'd recommend to everyone if their health permits it.
You can take fast on Ekadashi tithi ( lunar date ) also . It's a great purification
Very nicely produced. ❤❤❤ Remember to always take refuge in the triple jewel. Have good compassion roots to reduce or cease our bad karma. Single mindedly Nianfo and vowed to be born in the Land of Ultimate Bliss. Namo Buddhaya Namo Amitabhaya. Amithofo Amithofo Amithofo 🙏 🙏🙏
watching this earnestly while eating vegetable spring rolls and a bowl of hot steamed rice
May Buddha prevails in the hearts all beings 🌷🏵️💮🌸💐🌺🌹❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏
Moderation and the middle way. Exactly. We all do what we can.
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The phrase "everything in moderation" actually does not equal the Middle Way. This is a misunderstanding. This is clear when we say the following examples: murder in moderation, torture in moderation, rape in moderation.. These are things that should 100% never be done at all! "Meat" is the result of someone's torture, abuse and murder, and must not be done at all. This includes all sentient beings: humans and all animals!
The Buddha was sick because of eating the rare mushrooms not because of meat .
Please read Mahāparinibbāna Sutta, it was Sūkara-maddava, which means 'soft pork'.
Buddha taught not to kill any living and breathing beings for taste and pleasure of senses. All animal slaughters happen to enjoy the taste of meat. Plant food is abundant and had always been abundant. So, eating the meat slaughtered by someone, especially a follower only increases the karma. Accepting the meat and giving it to dogs or any wild animals / birds is far far far better and lower karma than consuming that meat and thereby consuming a small portion of the karma from murder of the animal or bird or creature.
I accept your good intentions to give away the meat given by someone. If your can chant some mantras for the dead of the meats parts belongs to will be excellent. As the Sangha had said, it could be your wondering past parents reincarnated in samsara. Recite the triple jewel for those dead meats parts works equally perfect as reciting it for yourself or any beloved just past away. Namo Buddhaya, Namo Dharmaya, Namo Sanghaya. Namo Amitabhaya!
Thank you for this inspiring reminder so well designed. I make the wish that very soon on planet earth there will be a vegetarian day followed by the whole population twice a year. The karma generated by such a pledge is too wonderful to describe...
That would be wonderful. What a terrific idea.
Officially, "World Vegan Day" is on November 1st, every year. So we're slowly getting.
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Om Ah Houm.
To clarify, the term "Buddhist vegetarian" is not the same as the usual "Ovo-Lacto vegetarian", and is in fact "Vegan" (no meat, fish, eggs, dairy) plus no pungent spices like onions and garlic.. In today's 21st century modern world, with abundant supermarkets, transportation, technology and trade, there is really no good excuse to not be Vegan. All meat, fish, eggs and dairy is the direct result of intentional animal abuse, suffering, mutilation and killing.. In today's global food economy, the mass killings of factory farms is intended for profit and intended to keep feeding customer's addiction to animal flesh and secretions.. If you call yourself "Buddhist" you should take the 1st precept of Ahimsa very seriously. To practice Buddhist Ahimsa is in fact to be Vegan.
100% agrreed.
Awesome 👏 video thank you.
The truth about eating meat 🥩 n fish 🐠 is that it’s allowed only from a natural dead animal. 2500 years ago in India 🇮🇳 it was dense forest with lots of wild Buffalo 🦬 Deer 🦌 etc… so people gather meat from dead animals and preserve them in salt 🧂 or honey 🍯 or smoke 💨 it. In pali the term meat 🥩 refers to flesh of MUSHROOMS 🍄.
So the correct answer is no Meat 🍖 from the supermarket as it’s a known fact that the animals are raised n killed for meat.
A real Buddhist will not eat meat.
If one MUST consume animal products, consider ostroveganism / bivalveganism
Can eggs or milk still be consumed in Buddhism, or does meat prohibition extend to those milk and eggs?
There are no prohibitions in Buddhism as such. Buddha taught "right conduct" and "right living" and "right speech and so on. The teachings were about "positive affirmations". But the 8 vows for monastics and 5 guidelines lay people (Most of us) who take Refuge are the only time it's really put in terms of "refrain" and it's contextual -- from the point of view of reducing suffering of others and yourself, not from the point of view of punishing you. When he taught "refrain from harming sentient beings" for instance" it includes ourselves. The five lay guidelines are:
Refrain from harming sentient beings (so, for example, if you need it for your health, and if eggs and milk are not creating suffering, they are fine. (for example, many vegans might go "organic" where the chickens are less likely to have suffered.)
Refrain from taking what is not freely given.
Refrain from misconduct that harms others
Refrain from negative speech: lying, gossip, slander, that harms others.
Refrain from intoxicants that harm the mind or reduce our clarity
None of these are prohibitions. We're to be mindful of the suffering of others. Hope that helps. It's a big topic.
This is a odd question. all things live even plants plants have friendships and love...
Killing in moderation?
Although the Buddhist path is the "middle way" The degree to which we interpret and abide by the precepts is up to us as individuals. Buddha didn't lay down "laws" with punishments. He gave us advice and teachings.
For Lay practitioners, the five precepts are advice for us:
to abstain from taking life.
to abstain from taking what is not given.
to abstain from sensuous misconduct.
to abstain from false speech.
to abstain from intoxicants as tending to cloud the mind.
He also taught Bodhichitta, Metta and Karuna (Compassion and Love.) None of these are laws. This is our kindly teacher giving us heartfelt advice.
In some translations "abstain" is translated as "refrain from..." rather than abstain.
In terms of the core teaching, the eightfold path is: Right Understanding
Right Intent
Right Speech
Right Action
Right Livelihood
Right Effort
Right Mindfulness
Right Concentration.
How we interpret "right action" is up to us personally. I Hope that helps. In kindness, BW
Humans are biologically and evolutionary omnivores
Plus some editions of Buddha's death was said to be from a mushroom
So yeah, even a vegetarian/vegan diet isn't safe either
Balance is key
Some say pork. Different translations, different teachers. (He ate alms, and the sutra account says he knew the food was spoiled (spoiled being the key aspect rather than vegetable or meat) but that he ate it anyway (customary to always accept was is given as alms). Buddha was quite advanced in age, especially for his day, and basically passed when he was ready to go. He was Buddha.
I am Sanatani and vegitarian Buddha is 9th avatar of Lord Vishnu 🙏🏼 Om Namo Narayana 🙏🏼 Om Namo Buddhay..