I Met No Vegetarian Zen Monks In Japan. We Were Served Curry Chicken At Each Monastery We Stayed At On Our Begging Rounds. Perhaps It Is You Have Twisted The Precepts Due To A Personal Issue. I Also Think You Do Not Really Understand The Nature Of The Begging Bowl.... One Offers The Bowl And Accepts Whatever Is Offered.... Be It Money, Rice, Sake, Or A Meat Filled Dumpling. Even Ritual Beggers Do Not Get To Be Choosers. All Ideas Must Be Put Aside And Every Offering Is Accepted And Used, Hopefully With The Grace Of The Buddha. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mar 17, 2005, at 1:36 AM, Infernal Elk wrote: > > > i have never been to zen mountain monastery in upstate new york, but > > do know some who have resided & practiced there for long periods > > (i.e., years). > > they are not vegetarians. > > i am told that, at each meal, they repeat this: > > "i vow to repay the lives i am consuming with my practice to save > > all > > beings". > > certainly when i've eaten with them (outside the monastery), they've > > repeated this vow before eating. > > > What a twisted sense of the first precept, "Not to take Life". Maybe it > means that it's okay once it's dead. :-) How have they twisted the > other precepts to suit themselves.? The begging rounds have gone by the > wayside in the West. maybe this is an adaptation. > > > There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in. > __________<http://home.golden.net/~samu>__________ >
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