EATING LIVING LIVES  
NOT TO LIVE FOR EATING 

All  of us  because of  ignorance  obscures  so when on  earth  have no  perception wise , so we just worry  enjoyment  of  eating  that  heartless  killing of animals. Have the  necessary  which  we  do not worry, just try not care care of important but forgotten part  benefits  long term . In life  we  usually only eat with the drink that is  the  main problem . Evening we  peck  struggling  just to eat and drink so delicious so we must kill the creatures and craving, clinging to that take  retribution  bad when sufficient conditions. Eat must be delicious delicacies or delicious delicacies. When have  the right to high office, the weight began eating on sitting in front of others to  provide the service  to their complete needs  necessary .

Breathing problems  are the most important thing in life, but few think about how long you breathe. In the  exhalation,  without  breathing,  is dead. Yet  life is important to eat and drink, no  breathing  how to know. Obviously , the most important  of us  to  neglect , not  legitimate  , we  endeavor , hard work  hard  to  satisfy  the needs  themselves . So,  everyday  I just worry that  nourish  this body which had killed  countless  animals, 

Life  we  in the  era of  today there is so much disease on the apparatus  digestive and  respiratory arising from  eating , breathing  properly . Some less  active  limbs should generate a lot of diseases. Therefore, want the body healthy, the mind  peaceful  gentle  we  need to  know what harmony in  eating , breathe properly and  advocacy  body  much by Lord Buddha-Bodhisattvas, just  repent  industrial generations , While exercising  endurance  health.

For  feed  material ,  the Buddha  taught  people  not to eat a lot, eat just  enough to help the body healthy, do not eat what is not  appropriate  for the body. How  food drink of Vietnam  is relatively healthy  but regime  eating  often  personality according to  habit , delicious, appetizing, but may lack the nutrients  needed  or excess nutrients.

The vast majority  of us  are not  aware  of the importance of water for the body should generally drink less or may drink, use  all kinds of  soft drinks have been prepared or too much alcohol. The best way is to drink 2 liters to 2.5 liters of water each day with cooled boiled water. Body  dehydration should produce many diseases such as constipation, headache, hemorrhoids, kidney stones, kidney failure, high blood pressure, hepatitis B and abdomen or swelling, dyspeptic ...

From there,  we  easily become angry, irritable or  impatient , causing discomfort  to not  air  the family  becomes  strained , takes cheerful,  happy . The amount of water in the body 70% under all its forms, so the cells and all parts of  the body  require water quantity  certain . In addition to daily bathing  to clean, smooth skin,  we  need to drink the amount of water  necessary  to balance the  body healthy.

To avoid the above-mentioned diseases,  we  need to  drink plenty of water, two or three cups  right after  waking up every morning and before going to bed in the evening to help the  digestive  and  circulatory system  function  well, dialysis easily. And waste all the  scum  out.

Who  lay  at home  eat more vegetables and fruits, eat less meat fish, but to know about choosing a somewhat less toxic because a large number of disease comes from  eating  no  moderation  or do not know the selection  formula Eat . Reducing blood fats will prevent heart disease, high blood pressure and liver cancer.

In order to  balance  our  daily diet  ,  our body  needs to have enough nutrients from meat, fish and fiber in vegetables, beans and fruits. Fiber helps  digestion  easier and  eliminate  these fats are not  necessary  for the body. Generally,  food  warehouses and boiled  better  as frying, baking. In addition ,  we should pay attention  to the  use of yin and yang spices   in the art of cooking and  eating  of the  Vietnamese . Whereby, 

World  we  today have too many diseases because of  pollution , trash box  food  food and by  people  eating  insatiable . Is anyone sick that do not bother? The first thing  we  worry about  is the  cost of  medication  to  cure.

Two types of body disease and mental illness disease, but many diseases are caused by the mind body  operating , wrong use. Why are  we  sick? Because greed  dining  , so we put a lot of  food  drink poisoning the body. Due to  craving  so much  heart, it  becomes a sickness, because  we  want  to be happy and happy , unexpectedly the  happiness  in the mouth is  the  cause of disease.

I do not know cherish your  health  will  hurt  this body. Some people throughout  life is  always sick, when it is so we must  know that we  have planted   too many killings .

We  go up the  regular  practice  of penance  to stop old now, do not let  repeated again; On the other hand to help people save, so  we  will soon heal. When patients do seek  ways  treated as visit  the doctor , go to the hospital  to track ,  and  to know  repentance , known as friendly to  transform  bad karma and evil, it will go away slowly. 

Many illnesses arise from  the situation  the blood  flow  is not  steady  due to less  active  limbs. Therefore, one of the most effective way is prevention or organic painstaking  operation  limbs, set  fitness , walking, swimming, gardening, cleaning the house, and bow to the Buddha-Bodhisattva every day. 

One day, the Buddha asked the  monks : "The network of people for how long?" A teacher  replied : "Network of people living about 80 years." Buddha asked another, he  replied : "The network of people living in the meal." Two teachers  answer Buddha do  not tolerate  . He asked the third and he  replied : "The network of people living in the breath." Buddha said: "Yes,  life is  only a  breath , because  breathing  without  breathing  is  like  losing your life."

We  have  to not  eat twenty or thirty days without dying, the  we  have ever fasted every three to four weeks, every day just to drink half a liter of water boiled, thanks to  yet  pass  the disease  fatal .

In ancient times ,  Buddha  taught the  monks  breathing meditation , breathe in breathe you know,  breathe out  I know  exhale , until  maturity  without  tracking breath  anymore, but just look  breath  very long deep out. Thus, the mind  calm and  wisdom  saw right know  as truth  arises, therefore live increasingly  better  that or help save animals.

When the mind is  calm , empty, frankly, the  mind  is clear ,  the  mind is  open mind. Thus, we  get to know  the lives  of impermanence , life  is impermanent  and all animals and the like. Life,  we  short as a  breath , so  often  observe  how we will realize that the true  as true  so easily  let go of  negativity  involved-field-delusion that  equanimity ,  liberation ,  liberation .

Folk often say "there is new realism", ie eat new  spiritual practice  . This is not just a saying  frolic  vague but a  truth . Key  so ,  eating  has  become the  demand  needed in life  to live  everyday  of  us . This is  expressed  through the saying "betel nut head story".

The father  found that  eating  is the  freedom  of every person, so folk have the phrase "heaven is a meal to avoid." Society  often see the invitation to eat, drink, give gifts to each other as a necessary  relationship of each person. Therefore, "little cake changed, cookies change" or "there are gone, there are new friends". Of course , there is also a need for  practical  fellowship life.

To  show  the status  and importance of  people  in  society  should have the "wired high wheels" used to  describe  a meal  of world  elite  power . Weddings, married husband to do a party guy  celebrating  is of course; but full months, severance cradle, birthday, pass, thriving, even buy the land purchase, a promotion organization also  celebrates  feast  family  relatives, friends and  relatives  neighbors.

Eating and partying such a long time  became a  cult culture   in the folk that "the king's license is also lost to the village." After all,  eating  is a need for  necessary and also the  means  to express the  friendship  or relationship between  peopletogether  in  society , but by way of  cultural food  from Vietnam did eat, they must Eat, drink, drink to drink, eat with drink must be drunk. So, from that  humans increasingly devolved to the  habit foolish egotism  that do  harm  people, animals.    

People in the countryside have three main needs in the  eating  are the anniversary, wedding,  funeral . Three clusters have  become  the need  practical  in life. Urban people are  eating and drinking  , there  is  always a place to bake pubs, all kinds of exotic dishes are exposed public trading  .

Folk have the phrase "eat sleep is money, do not eat lose sleep worry more money," but more importantly,  we  can  judge  people  by way of eating, how to drink, how to speak and how to work .  or to put it  another way,  eating  reflects  categories of living, way of life, how to live life and manners, look at how  diet  might know that he can  feel free from  bi or not.

When unknown ancient convent at  ourselves  we  who are  passionate about  food , every day must have alcohol, cannabis, and girls gu. While waiting for the duck to cut the noodles,  we  enlisted  to get the bait by picking up the kite-shaped grease to make the sour duck when the duck was alive. Type  slobbering  like  us  days before the class who live without personality  ethic , how could know  loving  family , relatives should a new bluff,  deceit , cunning and  cruel .

Dharma  so beautiful, so  wonderful ,  we  ask encounter enlightened Master who rightly, he healed you well should have the opportunity to refresh themselves but  overcome  habits  passions  vile  with  personality  harm humans and animals.

As the  Buddhists  true  we  must know the selection  of food  and  drink  does not  affect  adversely the body. People  eat vegetarian  but love to eat salty fake, kind of  food  that is dangerous and could I get these vegetables than  normal  but not enough nutrients.

Vegetarianism  in this day must be noble and  consciously ,  we  accept  less want to know so less will be less sick. Before eating the food  gentle  and nourishing should  whisper  in her mouth, "just  begging the  food  has  effects  to prevent  disease and  nourish  body and mind  lucid". It is that we always live in  awareness  when eating and when cooking.

In addition to the  feed  material  to feed the body  exists ,  feed  the spirit  really important for  everyone  in  the world  is. If living in the  monastery  , every day to  recite prayers ,  repentance ,  sitting meditation , be close to the   model monks , see  their virtue  will help  us  live well.

The  vegetarian  way properly less disease but still live healthy  longevity. Vegetarians  also have  benefits  for  health  as easy to  digest  , less morbidity than. Many people around often  feel  relieved  when living close to the  vegetarian . These animals eat only  plant  herbs , never  kill  other organisms, causing no  fear  for the animals living nearby.

Who voluntarily  give rise to  a vegetarian  who has  interest from  bi vast, considering all the animals like  ourselves  alone, do not like killing  a born  animals do not want to see  a birth  object  suffering . Their  understanding that the creatures are  eager to live  the fear of dying , being  murdered  them also  suffering  as  human beings  no different.

There are people they  compassion  that these little organisms species such as insects, cockroaches, ants, flies, mosquitoes do not dare to  kill  them; Or larger animals such as chickens, ducks, pigs, and cows do not dare  eat meat,  so they  are vegetarian  . But for the  family , relatives or people outside  the society  if said something  slip  , they  certain  do not have to ignore that blaming,  cursing  qualify.

In the life of  us , who  play mind  fasting  fullness  , the truth is precious, worthy of  respect . It is  predestined  good for  our  moral progress  on the  path of  practice  bodhisattva  until  when  the Buddha  fullness  of fact. When  fasting  school  we hold  full  instructions not  kill , so do not do  harm  to  reputation ,  life  and  happy family  other people.

Today, the  program  teaches cooking on television shows in the kitchen  at home  or kitchen of the restaurant, even when the animal was alive they caught in a pan of boiling oil as fish, leaving crabs live on pot broth, shellfish roasted on the stove, or  as monkeys  was washed first brain surgery  eaten raw . Those animals are so outlandish, struggling very  painful  as  hell on  earth.

Vegetarianism  against  humanity  that comes not only keep the  body  healthy, avoid  causal retribution  , but also has many  benefits  that can not be said for the same. Benefits  practical  biggest  vegetarianism  is  growing  compassion compassion to animals and  finally  is the  termination of  the war because no karma killing  beings .

Food  vegetarians are mostly fruits, vegetables and  all kinds of  herbs  nature  are  born  to grow up from the soil has many nutrients, less  toxic  than the species of  animals . People  fasting  properly clean blood will be  circulating  rapidly causing the body to soothing,  comfortable ,  lively ,  endure  good,  intelligent  and can live longer.

Often animals  killed  in  anger  or  fear  will produce  toxins  in the flesh. If  we  eat meat to this course will be infected with  the toxin , which fortunately  toxins  when having vegetables will be somewhat less resolve. Vegetarians  can keep long  youth ,  spirit and vitality  abundant , head  hustler ,  flesh soft. This is  the phenomenon  of  youth . In contrast,   tired body ,  kissing spirit  ,   rough skin ,

Killing  to  eat meat  of species  of animals  leads to  damage  caused  evil  hatred repayment, doomed to  life reported  bad because the  justice  of the  cause and effect . Reporting  fast or slow is  subject to  willful willful  intent and the way to  kill animals. If after  mistakenly missed  killing  then  we  must  repent  religious charity can also switch are evil now that  retribution  may lessen somewhat.

Only  Buddhism  can explain  the cause  of war. We  can see the fruit is known, like the melon is known melon is from   melon seeds that have. Currently ,  the reason mankind  was  retribution  war leads to  suffering , death makes many people  suffering  due to the killing of personnel that out.

There  are two  main causes of  killing, one is direct killing and the other is to kill others. If you create these two karmic  observations  , then when enough conditions are attached to  the outcome of  the war. Some people just do not  believe cause and effect , even for that heaven was born  everything  to  serve the  people  should wear the killing. Folk have a saying "injustice in bondholders",  assuming  there  spent hundreds of thousands of lives away, the good and bad each person now has created nor destroyed. Know, between the nucleus and the fruit also have a  grace , when the full meeting conditions, bear fruit.

Fasting  is to eat  all kinds of  grain such as rice, oats, barley, corn,  all kinds of flowers and trees,  all kinds  of vegetables,  all kinds of  vegetables. Vegetarians  are eating the food of the species of  animal  from the great to the species as small as cattle, pigs, chicken, fish, shrimp, crab, shellfish etc. ... Because all species of  beings are  eager to live  fear death  as  children people  should  Buddha  for  compassion compassionate advised  us to  avoid  killing  harmful organisms. When we kill any animal they are  scared ,  screamed, scolded .

Vegetarianism  is not a dish for a delicious change, nor how to eat  diet  by  doctors , physician  commanded  which is a  practice  of people have  compassion compassion.

Let's  try to  find out  who made him since birth and growing up  to  now wants  to preserve his  life but also kill countless  creatures  . At the time of  his birth,  he did not know how to eat, but he suckled, but his mother's milk was eaten by the water and the creatures. When we eat, we  eat meat  from the baby so far, causing  suffering  to  many animals.

Why do we have to kill animals to eat while we do not need to kill them, but  still  have life in the flower color with  herbs , they are  still  able to help us keep the  health  and  restrict  the maximum  job  losses commercial  species of the formula? If the lives of  people  still  exist  without killing other creatures, the  life  happy,  happy  to know how.

Why do  people  kill creatures to eat? Since the  human  presence on  earth  which they only eat  all kinds  of fruit and vegetables  Nature . At first ,  humans  only eat  the kinds  of mushrooms, seeds, flowers, leaves, roots, fruits, trees, meaning that only eat  food  with  plants  only, but  gradually  people  carnivorous  fish is due to  imitate the species  wild Animals  eat each other.

When some  animals  feed on each other to  conserve  their lives such as  eating meat and fish,  people  gradually imitate eating. At first I also  eat live , later life civilized  than should know cooked and processed in many  forms  different to  serve the quiche of  itself .

The development of  mankind  growing up the  food  with  plants  increasingly scarce, not enough for  human  consumption  should  man  then ate species  of animals  and livestock breeders themselves more. They thought that  carnivorous  species of  animals  will increase  healthy  enough  to do the work  hard , then they have more  sense  clearly the  harm  in  question  causal  retribution .

Key  so , with the momentum of  civilized  progress  of the  people  of today,  we have to understand all aspects of life are  based on the  foundation  of causality . Killing or eating species of  animals  will expectancy  retribution  killed  hurt  back  or disease multiple and  premature death .

If  Buddhists  do not have hearts  mercy  sight  killing, devoured each other, the  seed of compassion of  us  being the  greedy , selling Parsimonious encroachment, thereby becoming insensitive and  cruel . If  we  so  want to eat tasty  to  satisfy  the craving of his that  ruthless  killing of the animals, the stars may be the Buddhists true?

Vegetarian  express  please  equality  of all living beings, because all  beings  the Buddha are counted the same. Man  sowing evil deeds will fall into species  of animals  to  pay results in  foolish  killing. It is the  equality  of  the  cause of cause and effect , the blessing of good, the suffering.

Some people say: "God was born  everything  was to  serve  the  divine  god  and man ,  humans  have the full right  torturing and killing animals to live". Who according to  tradition  was himself beaten  offend  compassion  equality  for all  living beings. The notion of  "human beings" makes  people  hate each other, killing each other to  protect  their  privacy.

We are  vegetarian  to avoid  karmic  illness and  premature death , but some people also say that "the grass also has life." Right! The grass also has life, but the grass has  no feeling , no  consciousness to live fear of death ,  anxiety  , fear ,  sadness and suffering as animals. The human  being is  a highly knowledgeable  creature  that  is  thought through  and thought through .  Humans  are the supernatural creatures.

Key  so , when  people  karma  of killing  , the crime outweighed by  intentional , but the species  of animals  killed is because  the instinct  to survive  without reckoning.The grass does not have  a  clear feeling , so the Buddha says eating leafy fruits and roots of plants does not cause  karma , if there is only   little effect .

In  the case  when a person is sick by  germs  , if he uses a medicine prescribed by  a doctor  to kill  the germ  , does the physician cause the  killing  ? The problem  this  decision  to be  killing  for  microbes  , but blessed is created by  doctors  larger. Phuoc here is to save people through illness, besides that money to feed  themselves,  family  and praise. In terms of  cause and effect  naturally bear  the consequences for those  germs  , but only mildly, 

Vegetarian  properly will avoid many diseases, scientists specializing in  the study  of nutrients are determined that: "Not only in fish flesh are nutrients in  all kinds  of vegetables and fruits are also a lot " Humans  need to  have  eating  fresh  preserving life, if you eat incorrectly easily generate many diseases.

Eat  legumes and  fruits  , feel  light in the  body ,  eat meat  fish and fishy body heavy. Therefore, when cooking people often give a lot of spices to acrid smell of fish meat and create an  attraction  to  stimulate the  taste of  people .

As evidence that some  animals  eat only grass, flowers have  a  large body, again as healthy as elephants, buffalos, cows, horses, goats, ... They never  eat  fish but large, healthy Strong and can help a lot for  humans .

Vegetarianism  is  shown  kindness  compassion towards animals so the  Buddhists to practice  fasting  from one or two days each month, until sufficient  causal  , then  fasting  completely . When  we are vegetarian,  we  should change our  food  to eat , so we can eat together with rice, bread, rice vermicelli, noodles ...  If we do not  know how to cook, we will lose our nutrition and harm our  digestive system . mouth. When cooked boiled should be covered, not boiled cooked or just boiled through,  we  boiled cooked to  ensure  adequate nutrients.

In those days  salty foods  we  should  reduce  the amount of fish meat, fruit and vegetables rose more accustomed to prefer  vegetarian , thereby  reducing  business  of killing  harmful organisms. As  vegetarians  we  limited  the maximum  feed  fake salt,  if necessary  , then  definitely  do not eat by fake salty lose money without ensuring  health  due to chemicals used to keep long break.

Currently , these vegetables cheaper meat and fish, cook quickly, not  fussy , indoor not  smell  stinking of fish should be  fasting  with the body  humans  and  show kindness  compassion  equality  for all  beings . Vegetarian  properly make the  body gently back to healthy,  lucid , less sickness, easy  meditation  shop, so easy  to let go of  habits ,  habits  bad, so the  next life  less  karma  bad.

At present,  there are many  vegetarians in  the world , there are  vegetarians separately, there are groups,  vegetarian associations . In particular , today's  Hindus are  vegetarian  by  absorbing the Buddha's teachings  and  renouncing  the  eating of salty foods . 

In life  every day , if  people  do not  need to  diet  and still live  a normal  , it sure is not one fight, even stealing for  the rights  of its own and his people, so  everyone  will live happily and  happy . That is  we  talk about  the  general scope of  humanity .

Particularly in  Buddhism  the concept  of  eating  has a  problem that is  often questioned,  arguments and  wrongs from the past  to  be  vegetarian  and  eat salty . According to  the Buddha's teaching , want to have a  life full  of health and full  capacity  to work,  we  need to  eat  in moderation ,  just enough  to feed themselves. We  should follow a regime of  eating  proper  with many  distribution amount  of protein, fiber, carbohydrate, fat, sweeteners, minerals, calcium, iron, water quality and the types of  proceedings in a day so that the body has enough  energy activities  and work. Too much nutrients  are also pathogenic and deficiency also causes disease.

In  Buddhism ,  the issue of  eating  is not a top priority. Whether  vegetarians  or  vegetarians we  should  eat  simple ,  frugal  to spend  more  time  for  employment benefits . Story  dining  belong  range  of physical ,  tonic  for the plate  itself four great  authors to make this temporary  means of cultivating the mind  nursing nature  until  the day  of enlightenment  and  liberation  altogether . 

One  fact  about  problem  -vegetarians  and  vegetarians  we  should be  understanding  that  fasting  represents  kindness  compassion for all  sentient beings. Time Buddha  in the world , due to go  begging  and someone offered anything to eat there, and besides that time  people  are not  aware of  is the  fasting . Later,  Buddhist  tectonic  temples,  monks  have a place  to settle  should beginner  vegetarians  because have to cook. Today, the funeral, the  Vihara ,  

In  Buddhism  there are two  traditions . Buddhist  Theravada , ie  Theravada , they  eat salt  with the concept of  the Three Pure Humiliation  as  Buddhist  India  currently still  eat salty . The first is not directly kill the animal to eat, the second is not to instigate another to kill, the third is not heard not hear the animal  was killed .Conversely,  Brahmanism  yore , this is  Hinduism , they  heard  the Buddha should know by now  kill  to  nourish  this body is  sinful , 

Buddhist  world  the majority  majority of  vegetarians  because they  conceived according to  Buddhist  history  in  India . Currently, only four  Buddhist vegetarian countries  are  China ,  Vietnam ,  Japan  and  Tibet . So the  vegetarians ,  vegetarians  in  Buddhism  can make  influence  to the  practice  or not?

Buddhism  is the path of  compassion  and  wisdom . When  the Buddha  was born for  begging , not in one place for more than three days, so who gave that food without cooking? Nowadays,  Buddhism is compulsory  to  study  in the temple, do not go  begging  and have to cook on the spot, if you buy fish meat is okay.

Notions  of  Buddhism  Mahayana  now for  vegetarians  practice the virtues  bodhisattvas  to  become Buddhas  so that all  sentient beings  have  Buddha nature equally  alike and  show  kindness and  compassion do not want to do  damage to all animals. Key  so ,  Buddhism  Mahayana  required each  monk  as  ordained  monks must Life  Bodhisattva world ,  lay  at home  if the  Development Center  are also feeling  the Bodhisattva world .

Particularly  Buddhist  Theravada  no life  Bodhisattva world  and  salty foods  under  the Three Pure Humiliation . In fact,  vegetarians and  vegetarians  also have  to practice  both, one sufficient conditions are  vegetarian  completely , who have not enough conditions are  vegetarians and probationary  fasting  each month from 1 day  to  10 days and  finally  was  eating vegetarian  entirety .

In a nutshell ,  the problem  -vegetarians  and  vegetarians  also many aspects  delicately  different in  scope  narrow and  limited  we  dare not  discussed  much, only repeated the  ancients  taught: "Eat to live, but not live to eat. "that is,  people born on this earth aside from  dining  to  preserve life, then  we  also have to fulfill  the responsibility  for the  family , relatives and contributions  benefit set Real  for  society .

Therefore,  Buddhist monks,  whether  at home  or  home  should also be  aware of  this place when the real life. We  need to  rise to  compassion vast  mercy  who can not  fasting  for a  reason  something by themselves reading the  prayer  before meals to  merits  vegetarianism  to all  people . Or  we  clasped hands in prayer  for all  beings  at least have meals  frugally  as I so, Because your eating does not harm  the animals. END=NAM MO AMITABHA BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH GIAC TAM,THE MIND OF ENLIGHTENMENT.VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN AMITABHA PURELAND=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.3/6/2017.