Hello
I d like to ask about these in the Frequently Asked Questions section but it seems I cant.
I ve been following recently teachings of a spiritual master (I havent met hin in person but has representatives all over the world). It has its foots from Indian religions.
One of the things being taught is abstention (is that the right word?) from drinking and meat eating.
Drinking should be avoided sice alcohol clouds the mind.
Meat on the other hand mostly has to do with Karma. Feasting on other living animals' corpse and causing death to them is supposed to burden the already heavy burdening Karma. Thanks to meat eating, countless of animals are mass slaughtered, kept confined in cages and deal with a miserable death, mostly to feed our need for a tasty meal. According to the law of Karma this is a cycle which will come back to us. Not necessarilly suffer like the animals but the sure thing is that it could burden our karmic path
According to a book I ve read based on some past research meat isnt needed and also most cases of health problems caused by nutrition are a result of meat eating. Of all the animal kingdom only fish seems to do good and offer nutrition that no other non-animal substitute can offer.
So I d love to hear your opinion and experiences on these since you also practice and have more frequently first hand experiences with this:
1) Is vegetarianism a good thing for martial artists and health in general? Or do I need meat to keep enough energy nutrients flowing in my body?
2) Is abstention in meat eating one of the many needed spiritual "laws" that have to be done to reach the highest cause?
3) Have any of you following the teachings of the Buddha system ever heard of abstention in meat eating?
I d like to ask about these in the Frequently Asked Questions section but it seems I cant.
I ve been following recently teachings of a spiritual master (I havent met hin in person but has representatives all over the world). It has its foots from Indian religions.
One of the things being taught is abstention (is that the right word?) from drinking and meat eating.
Drinking should be avoided sice alcohol clouds the mind.
Meat on the other hand mostly has to do with Karma. Feasting on other living animals' corpse and causing death to them is supposed to burden the already heavy burdening Karma. Thanks to meat eating, countless of animals are mass slaughtered, kept confined in cages and deal with a miserable death, mostly to feed our need for a tasty meal. According to the law of Karma this is a cycle which will come back to us. Not necessarilly suffer like the animals but the sure thing is that it could burden our karmic path
According to a book I ve read based on some past research meat isnt needed and also most cases of health problems caused by nutrition are a result of meat eating. Of all the animal kingdom only fish seems to do good and offer nutrition that no other non-animal substitute can offer.
So I d love to hear your opinion and experiences on these since you also practice and have more frequently first hand experiences with this:
1) Is vegetarianism a good thing for martial artists and health in general? Or do I need meat to keep enough energy nutrients flowing in my body?
2) Is abstention in meat eating one of the many needed spiritual "laws" that have to be done to reach the highest cause?
3) Have any of you following the teachings of the Buddha system ever heard of abstention in meat eating?
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