【The Meditation Session – what to do in between sessions 】- Appropriate diet – Eating appropriate food which does not produce afflictions 1

[Eating appropriate food which does not produce afflictions]

This is regarding our diets.

[With such food you do not create misdeeds, and you stay happy]

This is divided into two parts: when you eat, please be mindful! “Food which does not produce afflictions.” This statement is difficult to maintain! However, we have to keep it in mind as our goal. From my experience, let me tell you, the issue is not how difficult the task is, it is not knowing the skillful means. And even if you have the skill, you may be unwilling to do it. This I believe, perhaps many of you sitting here have the same experience. It is just like what I said the other day – when I was first ordained, a fellow practitioner told me, “Alas, now that I am ordained, I can let go of everything except my mouth.” Now that I think of this, ah, nothing more needs to be said about it. At least this is a fact – it is hard to let go of the mouth. I put a lot of effort into this when I tried very hard to eat one meal a day. In the end, I ended up eating more in one meal, alas! I ate much more food, and the discomfort from eating was hard to deal with. No, this was not working, no! Going back to two meals, the issue was still not resolved! It has been this way for years. Finally, with this proper recognition, then I knew – one must be prepared ahead of time to maintain the proper mindset.

SOURCE 来源 :

26A 19’28” Vol 4 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P54 L3
English Lamrim Vol 1 P105

日常师父法语📡26A 19’28”手抄稿第4册P54 L3

修持轨理 - 未修中间 : 饮食知量-非染污心中量食1

【非染污心中量食者，】

那么这个是我们饮食。

【谓不起众罪安乐而住。】

这个两方面：吃的时候心里边，注意！“非染污心”，这话好难哦！但是我们一定要摆在心里面，作为我们的目标去做。我自己的经验，我告诉你，它问题不是说这个事情怎么难，问题在不得其巧，以及得到了巧你不肯去做。这个我想说不定在座的很多同修有共同的经验, 就像我那天说的，我刚出家的时候有一个同修跟我说:“唉呀，我现在出了家了，什么都放下了，就是那个嘴巴放不下。”虽然我现在想起来，唉，这个话，这也不去谈它了。至少是个事实。那这个嘴巴是很难放，我花了很大的劲，那时想吃一餐；结果想不到吃了一餐，唉！吃的东西更多，吃过了更难伺候。不、不、不！还是两餐，问题还是不得解决! 多少年来。一直到后来，对这个有一个正确的认识，那时候我就晓得，你在事前一定要先什么，把那个正念现起。