Monks can t kill, why can they fast? Aren t plants living things?

Plants do have life, animals also have, but there are essential differences in the way of survival, you look at botany, because plants can't swim, in order to reproduce extensively, they have evolved themselves, for example, there are very sweet berry layers, wrapped in seeds, so that after being eaten by animals, they will bring them to new areas and form new living areas; Also, in order to expand their territory, pine nuts were stored underground by birds, and although many were destroyed and eaten, the surviving ones soon developed larger pine forests, which was a sacrifice that the plants were willing to make in order to survive... And animals, I have never seen willing to be killed, to be eaten, he will die with a lot of resentment, and the corresponding toxins will be produced in the flesh. Causes people to get sick.

Buddhism talks about compassion, even if you use a vegetarian diet, there are very limits, you know that a true monk only eats one meal a day, and he does not eat after lunch, and he strictly abides by the precepts. Very compassionate ...

Buddhism advocates kindness to living beings, not living beings. Plants have no spirituality, so they can eat fasting. Haha s stupid.

Your question is interesting. I've also thought about it, and I think it's impossible to completely refrain from killing in daily life. But it is possible to do it with a pure heart that has no killing intent at all.

The Buddha views a bowl of water and 84,000 insects. Bacteria and viruses should be regarded as the tiniest living organisms, so we are not killing in our daily behaviors such as washing hands with soap, washing clothes with laundry detergent, boiling water with gas, and so on?

Don't forget, Buddhism is the middle way. Shakyamuni practiced asceticism before receiving offerings from a cowherdsman, and then he discovered the path of righteousness. It's like if you want to play the erhu, the strings are too loose to play; Too tight and the string will break.

It's the same with spiritual practice. Vegetarianism is to subdue our own hatred. Start by not killing and learn to respect other life.

Cultivate our compassion. So that our hearts are free from the slightest hatred and murderous intention. In this way, their hearts will be softened, and they will be able to further understand the ultimate truth of the universe and life.

If you don't eat anything, but you have hatred and murderous intent in your heart, then no matter how much you don't eat, you are committing a murderous precept. I guess that's the true meaning of not killing.

That's all I have to say. See smiled.

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Problem description: Plants are also alive, and no one can say that they are not living (science has proven that plants have the same fear as animals); But the monk also eats Wangdong Zecai, and when he chops and cooks the vegetables, he doesn't think that he is killing? How he didn't read it"Amitabha, sins and sins'?

Analysis: Laughs.

In fact, I have been thinking about this question for a long time, because compared to animals, plants that cannot express their emotions are more pitiful, and of course they cannot be harmed

However, you should understand that the Buddha's advocacy of vegetarianism is not to make animals and plants unequal, but the most important thing is to cultivate people's "religious sense" in some way, that is, not to kill

Since most people in the world understand the scope, plants and animals are of course not equal Plants are a backwater, and only animals similar to humans themselves have life spirituality (although I do not approve of it), so Buddhism uses this universality to teach people to be good, and the essential purpose is to persuade the majority of people to develop "compassion", "compassion and trembling" and respect for the most fundamental aspects of life

Once a person has developed these good qualities, not committing evil or killing, and having a sense of compassion from the bottom of his heart, then after death, according to the Buddhist viewpoint, he can also be reborn

Plants also have a life, why is vegetarian not killing?

The Buddha speaks of dao on the scriptures

The killing of beings is "breaking the five aggregates", and the five aggregates are the perception of the color and the appearance. Plants only have color, not thoughts. Although it ends, it has no feelings, so it does not kill in the name of life.

All animals, like humans, are happy to die and end their lives, and they have feelings, and they must be scared.

Animals are sentient beings, and plants and minerals are all ruthless beings. Cutting off the lives of merciless beings is not killing. In fact, plants and minerals are not without affection at all, and they are not at all unenlightened.

It's just that the knowledge of thinking and acting is very weak! There is a case in history of "the birth of the father, the stubborn stone nods", if the stubborn stone is not affectionate, how can it be moved to nod?

The Dharma that the Buddha said is something we can do. There are still many Fa that cannot be done, and the Buddha will not talk about it. Saying that sentient beings can't do it is tantamount to talking in vain, and letting sentient beings slander and create sinful karma.

If the Buddha precepts can't kill plants, how can we live? However, the Buddha vows are pure bhikshus who do not step on grass, and that is what it feels like to take into account plants.

Extinguishing Greed and Ignorance 2017-02-08

No, otherwise the monk starved himself to death and killed it? What do you let the monk do?

I think that theoretically, life is not high or low, and if we don't eat plants, then we are all dead. Not killing animals is just reducing the number of living beings we kill, just making us feel better, and there are many sentient beings in us. In fact, I don't know if you can understand the phrase "I'm not me".

Interpretation of the Five Precepts (only the precepts of killing are introduced here).

The following is an explanation of the five precepts of Southern Buddhism, which also recognizes the content of this precept.

The following will be based on the Vinaya-pi aka, the samantapàsàdikà, the kāṇa khàvitara (doubtful duāta), and the Commentary on the Minor Recitation, as well as commentaries, to explain each of the five precepts in three parts: semantics, conditions for violation, and non-transgression

1. Leave the Department of Killing.

pàõàtipàtà veramaõã)

The Department of Departure from Killing is sometimes translated as the precept of non-killing. That is, the study of abstaining from killing.

生, Pali pà à literally translates to breathing, breathing, breathing, breathing. Any aggregate continuum that has the root of life, or that attaches to the sentient beings created by that aggregate continuum, is called birth.

Birth consists of: 1 human being (manussa) – all those who are born in human beings, from the first mind of the mother's womb (the birth mind) until death, are called human beings;

2 Tiracchàna – elephants, horses, cows, dogs, chickens, mosquitoes, ants, etc.;

3 Amanussa – e.g. yakkha, peta, nàga, devatà, etc.

Since plants do not have a life root, they are only unconscious non-grasping colors (anupàdinna r pa) and are not born, so they are not included.

Killing is the deliberate taking of the life of a person who has a living interest. Suicide is also homicide.

Killing can be done by one's own hands, teaching others to kill, or causing the other person to die through praise or encouragement, as well as abortion.

Killing is constituted when five conditions are met:

1 Life; 2 To know is life;

3 Murderous intent;

4. Put in the effort;

5 Thus died.

The following are not violations:

1.Unintentionally - he didn't think: I'm going to kill it (him) in this way. Acting without intent to kill results in the death of the other party. For example, while building a house, you accidentally drop a rock and accidentally crush the person below.

2.I don't know -- he doesn't know that by doing so it's going to die. and to act resulting in the death of the other party. For example, if you unknowingly feed poisonous food to a dog, the dog will be poisoned. Because you don't know, you don't commit it.

3.Actions that do not have the intent to cause the other person to die – actions that result in the death of the other person without the intent to cause the other person to die. For example, when someone is sick and gives medicine to a sick person, he dies of complications.

4.The madman - due to the relationship of bile, etc., he has a madness that cannot be **.

5.Disturbed Mind – Disturbed mind due to the relationship between the Yakshas, etc. When fire and **, dung and sandalwood appear at the same time, he can't tell the difference between good and bad. This is the criterion for judging. (,179)

Of course, plants also have life, so we should be grateful before eating, and compared to plants, the spirituality is much smaller than that of animals.

It's the fear of killing. Plants are Buddhas, and Buddhas and Buddhas are offered together.

Everything has life, and animals have three souls and seven spirits. There aren't so many plants. Vegetarianism was introduced to China, and Emperor Wu of Liang set it, and vegetarianism was the most popular in Taoism, and it was later used in Buddhism.

Buddhism has a saying that one meal is eaten in the middle of the day, and eating a meal is just so that the body has energy to practice, because we have to rely on this physical body to practice, and if the physical body is gone, how can we cultivate?

There is no solution to this question, just like the egg or the chicken.

If you can understand the fundamental difference between animal life and plant life, you can understand this problem. You can think about it, but you can't think about it with plants, and that's the difference. You may feel happy or sad about what I say, and it doesn't matter if you have plants or not.

If someone breaks off your ability to think, think, joy and sorrow, it's called killing. Plants don't have this ability in the first place, so there's no question of whether to kill or not.

In general, beginners do not know the definition of sentient beings, and now some people say that plants are also.

There is life, plants also have feelings, if we say not to kill, we should not kill neither animals nor plants. In fact, life has its levels, plants are ruthless beings, and animals are sentient beings. The so-called sentient beings can be divided into three levels, and the higher ones are human beings, with three conditions

1. There are living cells;

2. There is a nervous response;

3. Have thoughts and memories. The lower ones are plants, which only have living cells, no nerves and no memory, although there are reactions of life and death, there is no feeling of bitterness, and there is no thought and memory, so it is called ruthless. The intermediate ones are animals, and only a few higher animals such as dogs, monkeys, horses, elephants, etc., have some memory, but no mental power.

As for the inferior animals, they have no memory and no thoughts except the instinctive reaction of the nerves, but they have the nerves and have pain, and they will be afraid of death. So insects and ants naturally know the danger of running away from death, but plants don't. Therefore, the definition of killing is to be able to know life and fear death of animals and not to plants.

The Buddha precepts that bhikshus should not cut down plants and trees, because low-level ghosts and gods are attached to grass and trees, and they take grass and trees as shelter, so that they do not destroy their abodes in order to have compassion for ghosts and gods, so they do not destroy their abodes, not for the reason that plants and trees cannot be killed.

Microorganisms such as bacteria, from a biological point of view, it is a creature between plants and animals, which has neither nerves nor memory and thoughts, and does not belong to sentient beings, so it can be said that it is an active plant, so sterilization is not killing.

As for the microorganisms in the water, in addition to bacteria, there are also relatively higher organisms, although they do not have nerves, but they can be counted among the animals, so the bhikshus of the Buddha need to filter the water through the water filter sac to filter out the relatively large and tiny beings, and the smaller ones are left alone. This is based on the viewpoint of compassion, not being able to bear to see living things and not saving them. If you can't see it with the naked eye, or if you see it but can't tell if it's a sentient being or a merciless being, then you can't pay attention to it.

Buddhism advocates non-killing, and the main purpose is the spirit of compassion for all living beings equally, all living beings have the right and freedom to live, and we ourselves are afraid of being hurt and afraid of death, and all living beings are the same. If everyone carries forward this spirit of equality and compassion, our world will be harmonious, peaceful, mutually relieving, mutually respectful, loving and harmonious, and no one will be deliberately harmed. Although the Buddhist scriptures say that killing life has retribution, killing people pays for life, eating half a catty of it, and returning it eight taels, this is a fact that shows that karma is unpleasant.

But we don't have to put the focus of non-killing on the fear of retribution, the retribution exists, but it is not absolutely unchangeable; Cultivating compassion is the key to not killing, and it is also the spirit of the Buddha's incarnation.

When the Buddha said life, he meant sentient beings. Later, it was passed around, and it was omitted, so not a word of the Buddha's words could not be omitted. . .

The definition of living beings is different (I just saw this question some time ago) that those who depend only on the earth and the sun for survival are not living things, and our definition of living things is ......Bacteria too.

Not a producer, just a porter of nature