Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about Care for Life and a Vegetarian Diet
護生與素食
We should work towards being a vegetarian if we really want to care for and protect sentient beings. Those who are learning Buddhism in this era and choose not to eat vegetarian, even when it is readily available, must be lacking compassion, or do not believe in cause and effect in the three periods of time. All the meat we eat is actually made from our parents from the past. Are you sure you want to eat that way? If you do, you are not a true Buddhist. The law of cause and effect is fundamental in learning Buddhism. It is the backbone connecting all Buddhist teachings. All Buddhists should deeply believe in cause and effect first, and avoid committing any evil karma. If we eat meat every day, we accumulate evil karma without even realizing it.
真正愛護眾生,要從吃素開始。在這時代學佛,如果吃素方便而不想吃素,若不是缺乏愛心,就是不信三世因果,不然的話,就是沒有學佛的慈悲心。
我們所吃的肉,其實都是過去世的父母,這點大家肯定不肯定?如果不肯定的話,就不是真正的學佛者。因果是佛法的根本、貫通一代佛教的骨幹,所以學佛的人首先要深信因果,避免造惡因,如果天天都在吃肉的話,其實不知不覺都在造惡因。
Namo Amituofo!
