Buddha teaching regarding eating
Upvote:5
It's in Puttanmansa Sutta.
"And how is physical food to be regarded? Suppose a couple, husband & wife, taking meager provisions, were to travel through a desert. With them would be their only baby son, dear & appealing. Then the meager provisions of the couple going through the desert would be used up & depleted while there was still a stretch of the desert yet to be crossed. The thought would occur to them, 'Our meager provisions are used up & depleted while there is still a stretch of this desert yet to be crossed. What if we were to kill this only baby son of ours, dear & appealing, and make dried meat & jerky. That way β chewing on the flesh of our son β at least the two of us would make it through this desert. Otherwise, all three of us would perish.' So they would kill their only baby son, loved & endearing, and make dried meat & jerky. Chewing on the flesh of their son, they would make it through the desert. While eating the flesh of their only son, they would beat their breasts, [crying,] 'Where have you gone, our only baby son? Where have you gone, our only baby son?' Now what do you think, monks: Would that couple eat that food playfully or for intoxication, or for putting on bulk, or for beautification?" "No, lord."
"Wouldn't they eat that food simply for the sake of making it through that desert?"
"Yes, lord."
"In the same way, I tell you, is the nutriment of physical food to be regarded. When physical food is comprehended, passion for the five strings of sensuality is comprehended. When passion for the five strings of sensuality is comprehended, there is no fetter bound by which a disciple of the noble ones would come back again to this world.
SN 12.63
More post
- π What role does zen or zazen play in Tendai?
- π How to do a long meditation of "death contemplation"?
- π Is physical pain only 'remembered' or 'anticipated' so actually there is no pain? If so, how to understand?
- π Sankhara meditation
- π Why is that the pleasent feelings last for small time while unplesent feelings seem to last forever?
- π The Impact of Violence on Our Concentration
- π Was Anuruddha, one of the ten Great Disciples of the Buddha, born in Sri Lanka?
- π Mindfulness when sick?
- π Action committed through self-interest
- π Is there any such thing as a bad meditation?
- π Offering water to a buddha statue?
- π How were dreams and visions seen in the context of Chinese Buddhism?
- π Inter-relation between the four brahmaviharas?
- π At which stage of enlightenment are the aggregates seen as not-self fully?
- π Scientific approach of Kamma
- π What are the ten courses of action (kamma)?
- π Do all Buddhists say that nirvana exists?
- π Is understanding a "bring-debt" or "gain-debt"?
- π Are there Zen monastries in India?
- π What does Buddhism add to a Stoic?
- π Why is in the budda days, jhana seem so easily attainable but so hard now?
- π Meditation or practicing technique has benefits of prenatal elaboration?
- π Different approaches to Metta Meditation
- π Modern vs traditional Zen
- π Is fourth precept personal and depends on the individual?
- π Spirits and heaven
- π Why do I have to suffer due to a thing that a person in a past life has done that I have no control over?
- π If a kind and generous Christian died 20 years ago, might their rebirth have resulted in there being a 19 year old person in the human realm now?
- π Is it possible to have awareness without a self-sense?
- π Where can i find the original text of learning the jhanas
Source: stackoverflow.com
Search Posts
Related post
- π Buddha teaching regarding eating
- π Is it harmful to the Buddha when we request he or she to continue teaching instead of entering parinirvana?
- π Where did the Buddha speak of his difficulty in eating almsfood as a Bodhisatta?
- π Teaching or giving advice without mentioning the Buddha
- π What is Death? What did Buddha say regarding the experience of Death?
- π Dhammapada is not "a teaching of the Buddha himself"?
- π What's the Jataka tale about a previous life of the Buddha sacrificing himself to get a dharma teaching (because dharma was so scarce and rare then)?
- π What's the most important teaching of the Buddha in the canon?
- π How can we know if a dharma teaching is really what the Buddha taught? Is there some sort of test?
- π Can the Buddha ever be a woman?
- π Where is the Buddha quoted as saying do not believe anything I say until you can prove it by yourself?
- π Did Gautama Buddha exist?
- π How do you tell a 4-year-old who the Buddha was?
- π Was Vipassana discovered by the Buddha (Siddhartha)?
- π If Buddha stayed unanswered on this matter, why do his followers preach that soul doesn't exist?
- π Why did the Buddha suffer before he died?
- π Why does the Buddha call himself the TathΔgata?
- π How was the Buddha Jayanti edition of the Tripitaka derived?
- π What is the purpose of not eating after noon?
- π Why is Buddha almost treated like a God in most Buddhist traditions?
- π Did the Buddha speak Pali? Are the suttas his word verbatim?
- π Attachment is a poison. Why is attachment to the Buddha and to Buddhist philosophy not a problem?
- π Was Buddha born of a Virgin?
- π What language did the Buddha speak?
- π Ignorant mind and Buddha nature
- π Did Gautama Buddha cease to exist after death?
- π Meditation technique proposed by the Buddha
- π Did Buddha practice group meditation with bhikkhus, bhikkhunis and laymen, just like in today's meditation center?
- π Was the Buddha harsh?
- π Why the Buddha didn't originally allow ordination of women