Are there any specific stories or talks where Buddha discussed using mind altering substances other than alcohol?
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No. The dharma is about returning to your buddha mind or original mind unaltered. The use of mind altering drugs goes directly against the return to the unaltered mind literally by definition. I would venture to say that Mind Altering things (ie. TV/EGO/DRUGS/External Attachments) are what the middle way and the dharma are trying to be free from.
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Question closed... i noticed Soma was a link in Ven.Yuttadhammo's comment.
Apparently soma is ancient slang for something widely speculated on being either an amphetamine or entheogen. Its probably both.
The link Ven.Yuttadhammo shared had an excerpt;
"The Graeco-Russian archeologist Viktor Sarianidi claims to have discovered vessels and mortars used to prepare Soma in 'Zoroastrian temples' in Bactria. He claims that the vessels have revealed residues and seed impressions left behind during the preparation of Soma. This has not been sustained by subsequent investigations[19] Besides the residue of ephedra, the archeologists discovered the residues of Poppy seeds and Cannabis. The vessels also had impressions created by Cannabis seeds. Cannabis is well known in India as Bhang and sometimes Poppy seeds are used with Bhang to make the ritual drink Bhang Ki Thandai."
So i would imagine it was much like today, different strokes for different folks... or mix and match.
So, since it was obviously (which i already basically knew) available... and mentioned... the question is answered.
Thank you Ven.Yuttadhammo
Sadhu Bhante
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The 5th precept deals with more than just alcohol. Taking anything leading to heedlessness is not acceptable. This is well explained in "THE FIVE PRECEPTS" which is a very good read on the 5 precepts.
The fifth precept reads: Surā-meraya-majja-pamāda-ṭṭhānā veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi, “I undertake the training rule to abstain from fermented and distilled intoxicants which are the basis for heedlessness.” The word meraya means fermented liquors, sura liquors which have been distilled to increase their strength and flavor. The world majja, meaning an intoxicant, can be related to the rest of the passage either as qualified by sura,meraya or as additional to them. In the former case the whole phrase means fermented and distilled liquors which are intoxicants, in the latter it means fermented and distilled liquors and other intoxicants. If this second reading is adopted the precept would explicitly include intoxicating drugs used non-medicinally, such as the opiates, hemp, and psychedelics. But even on the first reading the precept implicitly proscribes these drugs by way of its guiding purpose, which is to prevent heedlessness caused by the taking of intoxicating substances.
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