Dhane Diabetes
The Ministry Of Health has released new standards for the types of food people should donate to monks. Alms givings are a hallowed part of Sri Lankan culture, and a good one, as it enables people to renounce the world and meditate and survive. Over time, however, it’s become cultural practice than a religious one and monks, who ideally eat minimally and mindfully, have been eating too much rich food, leading to these rather shocking stats:
Fifty percent of the island’s 40,000 venerated monks face the risk of diabetes compared to the national average of 10 percent and the clergy also suffers a higher risk of heart disease, the ministry noted. (LBO)
The guidelines are good, but the culture actually needs to change. The idea that everyone needs to ‘eat eat eat’ isn’t good for anyone, but especially not for monks.
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Can anyone confirm if Buddhist monks are supposed to be vegetarian?
There is no vegetarianism in Buddhism(refer: Amagandha sutta, Jeewaka Sutta). If you go thru the whole concept of food in Buddhism(eg. Puththa Mansa sutta), you will understand why the blessed one rejected the requests for vegetarianism.
This have I heard: On one occasion the Blessed One was living at Rajagaha in the Mango Grove of Jivaka Kom?rabhacca. Then Jivaka Kom?rabhacca went to the Blessed One, and after paying respect to him, he sat down at one side and said to the Blessed One:
Venerable sir I have heard this: They slaughter living beings for the recluse Gotama, the recluse Gotama deliberately eats meat prepared for him from animals killed for his sake. Venerable sir, do those who postulate this actually speak about what has been said and done by the Blessed One and do they not misrepresent him with what is contrary to the facts? Do they really describe what is in accordance with the truth, so that nothing can provide reason for any criticism. Is any of their accusations really correct ?
“Jivaka, those who speak thus, do not truthfully speak about what has been said or done by me, but misrepresent me with what is untrue and quite contrary to the actual facts.
Jivaka, I say there are three occasions in which meat should not be eaten; when it is seen, heard or suspected that the living being has been killed for sake of a bhikkhu. I say: Meat should not be eaten on these three occasions.
I say that there are three occasions in which meat may be eaten: when it is not seen, not heard, and not suspected, that the living being has been killed for sake of the bhikkhu, I say: Meat may be eaten on these three occasions.”
http://what-buddha-said.net/Canon/Sutta/MN/MN55.htm
“when it is not seen, not heard, and not suspected, that the living being has been killed for sake of the bhikkhu, I say: Meat may be eaten on these three occasions.”
That means it’s OK to feed the monks on roadkill, no?
Blessed one? Blessed by who? Buddha was an atheist.
in buddhists terms eating meat is like eating anything else,unless if somebody eating some meat thinking of killing the beats it self..lol..what matters is the mental out come(karma)
There is no vegetarianism in Buddhism(refer: Amagandha sutta, Jeewaka Sutta). If you go thru the whole concept of food in Buddhism(eg. Puththa Mansa sutta), you will understand why the blessed one rejected the requests for vegetarianism.
It is the monks’ decision on what should they eat. No body force them to eat. if the food is not healthy, they can reject it. As far as I know many buddhists cook healthy food when giving dana. However when gov goes to introduce a diet for the monk I think it is totally un neccessary. I feel this makes us look like jokers infront of the world.