04.04.25 : Unbreakable | Bodhisattvas' Diet | Connections Between Amituofo & Samantabhadra Bodhisattva's Vows | Eating Cakes | Why No Pungent Roots? | Rebel Ridge

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Buddhist Inspirations (since 1997)  THOUGHT  Unbreakablity Though breakable in body, be unbreakable in spirit.  QUOTE  Bodhisattvas Must Not Eat Meat, Pungent Roots Or Drink Alcohol 菩萨不得食肉辛饮酒 [2] 酒生过失无量。… 一切酒不得饮。… [2] Alcoholic beverages give rise to faults that are immeasurable… All alcoholic beverages must not be drunk… [3] 一切肉不得食。夫食肉者，断大慈悲佛性种子… 食肉得无量罪。… [3] All meat must not be eaten. Those who eat meat, sever the great loving-kindness and compassion of their Buddha-nature's seed… with eating meat attaining immeasurable transgressions… [4] 五辛：大蒜、革葱、慈葱、兰葱、兴蕖。是五种，一切食中不得食。… [4] The five pungent roots, of garlic, leek, onion, chive and asafoetida (hing). These five kinds, within all foods, must not be eaten… [20] 六道众生皆是我父母。而杀而食者，即杀我父母，亦杀我故身。 [20] The six paths' sentient beings are all my fathers and mothers. Those then killing, then eating them, are then killing my fathers and mothers, also killing my past bodies. 释迦牟尼佛 Śākyamuni Buddha 《梵网经菩萨戒本》 (Brahma Net Sūtra's Bodhisattva Precepts' Text) Related Article: 上求佛道者应当如何饮食？ How Should All Aspiring For Buddhahood Eat And Drink? https://thedailyenlightenment.com/veg  FEATURE  Interconnections Between Āmítuófó And Samantabhadra Bodhisattva’s Great Vows 阿弥陀佛与普贤菩萨的大愿之互连关联 生在末法沉船中， 洞难补尽救整艘。 尽力补救亦劝众， 备上愿船登西岸。 Born within this Dharma-Ending Age’s sinking ship, with holes difficult to patch completely to save the whole vessel. Doing the utmost to remedy it, also encourage all, to prepare for boarding Amitābha Buddha’s (Āmítuófó) great vows’ ship, for ascending his Western Pure Land Of Ultimate Bliss’ shore. [...] Read more...    EXCERPT  [67] The Parable Of The Husband And Wife With Eating Cakes Together As Essential From The Sūtra Of A Hundred Parables《百喻经》之夫妇食饼共为要喻 昔有夫妇有三番饼，夫妇共分各食一饼，余一番在，共作要言：「若有语者要不与饼。」 In the past, there was a husband and wife with three pieces of cake, with the husband and wife together dividing them, together each eating one cake. With the remaining one piece there, together making an agreement, saying, ‘If there is one speaking, with this agreement, that person will not be given the cake.’ [...] Read more...    EVENTS  [VEGAN CLASSES] @ ReJoyce NEW CLASS Mother’s Day Special- Heart-Shaped Cake (4 May, Sun) Radish Cake — Two Ways (13 Apr, Sun) Char Siu Buns (26 Mar, Wed) OTHERS Online Baking / Cooking Classes ****** VEGAN CAKES by ReJoyce Click Here For More  LETTER  Why Should The Five Pungent Roots Not Be Eaten? 为何不应食五辛？ Question: Why should the five pungent roots (五辛) not be eaten? Answer: As taught by Śākyamuni Buddha (释迦牟尼佛) in Śūraṅgama Sūtra《楞严经》: 「众生求三摩提，当断世间五种辛菜【大蒜、革葱、慈葱、兰葱、兴蕖】。是五种辛，熟食发淫，生啖增恚。 ‘Sentient beings seeking samādhi [i.e. meditative concentration], should sever from the world’s five kinds of pungent root vegetables [i.e. garlic, leek, onion, chive and asafoetida (hing)]. These five kinds of pungent roots, when cooked eaten give rise to lust, and when raw eaten increase anger. [...] Read more...    MOVIE  How To Cross ‘Rebel Ridge’ What do you do, when those who are supposed to stand for law and order go against them, by harming you and others? Do you simply give in to their warped ‘law and order’ silently? If so, is this not being complicit, in going against actual law and order, while letting the lawless and disorderly proliferate? [...] Read more...   The Daily Enlightenment TDE-Weekly is a free independent Buddhist inspiration e-newsletter. You can support us by contributing articles, running costs and encouraging friends to join. Contributions, suggestions and queries are welcomed at tde[@]TheDailyEnlightenment.com. The copyrights of the articles belong to the authors. Get TheDailyEnlightenment Telegram: https://t.me/tdegram Get Purelanders Telegram: https://t.me/purelanders Get Stonepeace Telegram: https://t.me/stonepeace