Master Huijing’s Short Dharma Teachings about Care of Life and a Vegetarian Diet
護生與素食
The piece of meat on the table is a part of one of the sentient beings of the ten directions to be delivered by Amitabha Buddha, isn’t it? It is! However, if we must kill it and eat it, we should feel ashamed.
If it is inevitable for us to eat it, we should recite Amitabha’s Name – to sincerely and joyfully entrust ourselves to Amitabha’s deliverance, and aspire to be reborn in Amitabha’s Pure Land. We should then continue reciting Amitabha’s Name for the rest of our lives.
因為阿彌陀佛是要救度十方眾生,那麼,現在桌上擺的這塊肉,是不是阿彌陀佛救度的十方眾生之一?是啊!而我們卻把它加以殺、吃,所以,我們就會有慚愧心。我們不是故意要去殺它、吃它,是我們的環境不許可,有一種慚愧的心。
如果還是非吃不可,那只有念佛——「至心信樂,欲生我國」,之後就是延續的「乃至十念」的念佛,不然怎麼辦?
Namo Amituofo!
