Vegetarianism, first of all, is health and safety, which is the universal value of vegetarianism. Whether it's teeth or stomach, people are vegetarian. Vegetarianism conforms to human physiological structure, in other words, eating meat violates human physiological structure. Secondly, the source of vegetarian food is clean. At present, most animal feed pesticides exceed the standard, which will be superimposed in the body after animals eat them. Eating such meat is tantamount to eating concentrated poison; Moreover, when animals are slaughtered, they will release toxins out of fear. These toxins will enter the human body through the food chain, and then become diseased cells and revenge cells, waiting for opportunities.
In addition, vegetarianism is environmentally friendly and reduces carbon emissions. Eating less meat means less global warming, which is related to the fate of the earth and all mankind. In addition, vegetarianism can also alleviate human famine. At present, there are more than 7 billion people in the world. If you are a vegetarian, even if the population doubles again, the earth can still carry it. On the other hand, if we keep the current carnivorous state, nearly one third of the population on the earth will go hungry. What a miserable world it will be!
"Eating meat" means eating a life.
How do you spell "meat" There are two "people" in the "door" box, one is the one who walks in the front row and the other is the one who is not in the front row; We are human now, and chickens, ducks, pigs and dogs are all "people" who have not yet made a difference! People often say that "dogs communicate with human nature". Is the dog's body anthropomorphic? Does the "sex" in dogs look like people? Although "wearing" a dog skin, in fact, dogs also have language and emotion. Language, emotion and personification are exactly the same as people. Just because of luck, they wear a dog skin and become dogs!
Just like the poor and the rich, the poor are human beings and the rich are human beings; A "rich man" means to insert a card into an ATM on the side of the road and spit out the money. The ATM has nothing to do with a "poor man", but everyone else is the same. Life without blessings is reincarnated as chickens and dogs, but its soul is exactly the same as that of human beings. Therefore, eating "meat" is actually "cannibalism"! That is, "progressive people" eat "down and out people"! It's people on human skin who eat people on dog skin!
-"We live well as vegetarians. Why do we have to eat meat? If you eat meat, you will die! " That's the truth.
Mr. Lin's bittersweet life.
Mr. Lin, the owner of a vegetarian restaurant, originally ran a seafood restaurant and started his business in Shantou. Later, it became the largest seafood chain store with the highest turnover in Shenzhen, with a monthly profit of 1.2 million to 2.5 million yuan. What puzzles many people is that at the peak of his career, he suddenly transformed all his stores into vegetarian restaurants.
On March 22nd, Teacher Lin gave a spiritual lecture on "Auspicious Life" held in Shenzhen Xinmeiyuan Vegetarian Restaurant, and told the audience about his extremely painful wealth life: at the peak of his career, he had a personal headache, and his husband and wife were at odds, and his son actually pointed a knife at him. The huge killing brought unbearable pain to his family. When he was in pain, he was lucky to meet Buddhism, and the name "Amitabha" made him feel cool physically and mentally. Gradually, he found inner peace, his physical condition improved, and family conflicts disappeared.
Teacher Lin's bittersweet life tells us that cause and effect are not happy at all, and it is also a valuable life education lesson, which I would like to share with you.
In the Buddha's time, there were also stories of digging Moro. Believing in heresy, Yang dug Moro and killed people like hemp. Later, he was taught by the Buddha to repent and become a monk, proving that people can change their destiny as long as they realize it.
"Take a bite of his meat and owe him 1 million."
Our ancestors said, "If you fast for one day, you won't be responsible for killing anything in the world." Our computer is not connected to the network that kills bad karma. "I owe him a million dollars for eating his meat." Although I ate a bite of meat, I was still linked to the evil killing network. The worst thing in the world is that life kills life! All disasters and anger come from killing!
China is a country with more than 2,000 years of Buddhist cultural heritage. Buddhism advocates vegetarianism. I have been a monk for 265,438+0 years and have been a vegetarian for more than 26 years. While promoting Buddhism, we have been calling on everyone to be vegetarian. Facing the people who believe in Buddhism, we can share it more bluntly: life is equal, and animal life is as precious as our human life. We who study Buddhism should have compassion, compassion and the same compassion. The country with the largest vegetarian population in the world is India, where 85% of people are vegetarians, and now 15% of people in the United States are vegetarians.
In today's society, more and more scientists and politicians have also chosen vegetarianism, which has become a new social fashion and trend and a revolutionary rational choice for all mankind.
Become attached to Maitreya Bodhisattva and spread the "Great Good" vegetarian culture.
Today, when we talk about "vegetarianism", we might as well say that everyone came to a vegetarian restaurant, became attached to Maitreya Bodhisattva and spread the vegetarian culture of "great kindness and great virtue". First of all, it is also recommended to be vegetarian, without adding monosodium glutamate, chicken essence, mushroom essence, or any chemical seasoning. In this way, after eating your vegetarian dishes, everyone is in good health; Eat your vegetarian dishes and feel more peaceful; After eating your vegetarian dishes, the children at home are more obedient. The people who are destined for you are invisible, and the negative energy is dissolved. You must firmly believe that vegetarianism is powerful and has the power of compassion of Buddha and Bodhisattva!
Maitreya Buddha, "Maitreya Buddha" is Sanskrit, literally translated as "cishi". From its initial point of view, it just doesn't eat the meat of all living beings and doesn't want to kill. Therefore, it is called Maitreya Buddha. When Maitreya was practicing in the underground branch, once, the mountain was blocked by heavy snow. She was hungry and cold, and she felt a pigeon throwing fire to support the diligent practitioners. Maitreya Bodhisattva thought: This pigeon can give his life to support me! How can I bear to eat its meat and its life for my own life? Then I made a vow: I would rather die than eat the meat of all beings!
This story was told by Sakyamuni Buddha himself. "Without great kindness, there is great sorrow", which is Maitreya's declaration. There is a book in the Great Sun Sutra that says: Compassionate Bodhisattva is headed by "Compassion" among the four boundless Buddhas. This "goodness" is born from the Tathagata caste, which can make the buddhas in the world continue, so it is called "cishi".
I want to open a vegetarian restaurant in the future and do my business well. There can be a Maitreya Buddha and Bodhisattva in the hall. Guan Gong is from Shanxi, so Shanxi merchants like to dedicate Guan Gong to Wu Caishen. "The Buddha's face is like a full moon." Maitreya, with a kind heart, earlobes and shoulders, a round face, is humorous and very auspicious. He has a particularly good fate with all beings and is loved by everyone. Moreover, his birthday is on the first day of the first month, and scholars, businessmen and businessmen all like him. Anyone who sees him is in good health. Those who make handicrafts will make money and make a fortune. Those who farm land will be protected by drought and flood, because he has this merit!
The most prosperous belief in Buddhist history is Maitreya Buddha, which has been carried forward for more than 1000 years. The giant buddhas carved by China, such as Leshan Giant Buddha in Sichuan and Xinchang Giant Buddha in Zhejiang, are all Maitreya Buddhas. Because Maitreya doesn't eat the flesh of all sentient beings, he knows that all sentient beings like wealth, health and longevity. Therefore, Maitreya Bodhisattva specializes in practicing this "cause".
Maitreya is the next Buddha to become a monk. When he became a Buddha, he lived at the age of 84,000. Maitreya is thousands of feet tall. He is healthy and has a long life. His blessings are particularly great, and he enjoys the blessings of heaven and man. Therefore, in the era of believing in Maitreya, people will become kind, natural and man-made disasters will disappear, the country and people will be safe, and people will live a long and healthy life.
Maitreya was born in a Brahmin family and later became a disciple of Sakyamuni Buddha. The Buddha dies first, lives in heaven, and takes the Buddha body as the view of heaven and man.
During the Five Dynasties after the Tang Dynasty, Maitreya Bodhisattva was born in Changting Village, Fenghua, Ningbo, known as "Changting Zi" in history, and became a monk in Lin Yue Temple, hence its name. On weekdays, he carries a cloth bag and leans on a stick, begging for anything he sees, which is also commonly known as the cloth bag monk. There is a word in Buddhism called inspection. When this person's practice reaches a considerable level, the good knowledge of the world will be inspected.
A master asked him, "What is Buddhism?" He put his bag on the ground and said nothing.
"This is the dharma? He picked up the cloth bag again, carried it on his shoulder, asked him again, and left. He answered with body language. " What is Buddhism? Putting down the cloth bag is "putting down" the trouble. He asked again, "Is this Buddhism? He also "lifted" the cloth bag, meaning "put aside troubles and enhance wisdom"; Letting go doesn't mean giving up-it means letting go of negativity and improving positive energy.
After the inquest, everyone thought that this man knew very well, almost every family was willing to invite him, and the cloth bag monk tried his best to satisfy everyone's wishes. Later, the Zhang family invited monk Bao to go; The Li family invited the cloth bag monk to go, and the cloth bag monk would be in two places like a copier.
A big family often invited a cloth bag monk to confess at home. This is Chiang Kai-shek's ancestor, Jiang Zongba, a disciple of the cloth bag monk. On one occasion, Jiang Zongba gave Master a bath and rubbed his back, and found an eye on his back. He's scared. The cloth bag monk told him not to tell anyone.
Later, when the cloth bag monk died, there was a poem:
Maitreya Buddha is really Maitreya Buddha, with thousands of members;
Always shows the time when people don't know.
Because of this poem, people know that the cloth bag monk turned out to be Maitreya Buddha. Since then, the image of Maitreya Bodhisattva has spread in dense forests and all over the world.
Today, when you come to the vegetarian class, you are learning the Maitreya spirit of compassion, and you should pour this spirit into your heart. Wherever you go, you will become the embodiment of Maitreya. When everyone is familiar with the connotation of vegetarian culture, there will be the blessing of Maitreya! "Eating" is just a carrier, and the culture it carries is Maitreya's spirit of compassion. Vegetarians are lucky, and vegetarian restaurants become the source of luck!
Amitabha!