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Gen-la Daan: Two perceptions about vegetarianism

Master Daan 2024-07-06

The direct expression of compassion is not to kill, and we live in coastal areasBeingsHe often kills very hard and likes to eat seafood. This is also the sense of common karma among sentient beings, but how do we recognize it? Let's not think that these birds and beasts, things in the sea, animals on the earth, and poultry are taken for granted by us, not like this, we should protect it, out of compassion and filial piety, we should not eat it, why?

Here are two minimum perceptions. One realization is that the Buddha tells us that all living beings have a realitywisdomDexiang. All sentient beings are not only humane beings, but also all sentient beings of the six realms, namely the aquatic beings in the sea, the birds in the sky, and the beasts on the ground, all of whom have Buddha nature.

Since there is a Buddha nature, they are all future Buddhas, and since they are future Buddhas, we respect it, and how dare we kill it if we don't have time to respect it? How dare you eat it? This is the first cognition.

The second realization is that all sentient beings have been parents and dependents with us in the process of immeasurable eons of reincarnation, that all men are my fathers, that all women are my mothers, that all men are male animals in the animal tract, and that mothers are female animals. These male and female animals are parents to each other for life and life, so since we are parents, we must have filial piety to him, and it is too late to repay filial piety, how dare we kill him, how dare we eat him!

Then these two basic cognitions, we ordinary people do not understand, but the truth of this matter, the Buddha with the wisdom of five eyes, he saw this clearly, and told us the truth of this matter. So we have to use this insight now to generate our compassion. Do we just make a vow: I don't eat it, I want itVegetarian?

Question: I would like to ask Master, it is okay at homePreaching the ScripturesIs it?

Venerable Da'an replied: It's not that you can't teach the Fa at home, but it's okay to talk to everyone in the form of exchanges.

When the Buddha was alive, as a layman, he gave to the lonely elders, although he had already attained the first fruits, but before he gave lectures, he had to bow to the bhikshus, and he did not ascend to the throne, but sat on the seat next to him and talked about his cultivationStudy BuddhismThe experience of the Dharma, the essence of the Dharma. Such a form is possible.

Therefore, lay people who can speak the Dharma should not be arrogant. Generally speaking, sitting high in white clothes and sitting down with a bhikshu is a declining state of Buddhism, which is not as good as the Dharma.

Whether it is in the Dharma, the Dharma, or the Dharma, the main force of the abbot Dharma or the Sangha. All seven disciples should rally around the Sangha to uphold the Dharma. The Sangha is the inner protector, and the laymen are the outer protectors.

"Fayuan Zhulin" cloud: It is easy to become a monk and cultivate the Tao, such as boating in the sea; It is really difficult to cultivate at home, like sailing on land. "Monkhoodmerits and virtuesSutra Cloud: If there are arhats who fill the four heavens, there are people who have devoted themselves to providing them with food, clothing, bedding, and decoction for a hundred years, and there is no shortage of them; and even an arhatNirvanaAfter that, they built towers for each of them and made offerings with various offerings such as flowers and flowers. The merit thus obtained is not as good as the merit of someone taking the vows for a day and a night in order to attain Nirvana.

Although the peacock has a strict body, it is not as good as the wild goose to fly far. Although the white clothes have wealth and power, it is better to be a monk and meritorious.

- "The Theory of Great Wisdom"

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