Re: Buddhist Guide for Healthy Eating

[Guest guest]

WOW!!!!!!!!!! I love this post. I am going to share it with people I

meet in the course of my work.

Love & Light,

Kanta

>

> Buddhist Guide for Healthy Eating

> Adapted from The Power of Mind, by Tulku Thondup (Shambhala, 1996).

>

> SIMPLE SOLUTION:

> It is important to enjoy good, healthy food and drink in moderate

> quantity. Food should be consumed not in a vain attempt to fill

> emotional desires but in accord with your actual physical needs.

See the

> food you eat as sustaining and nourishing, and enjoy it by being

mindful

> of every taste you take. Try to be aware of the process of each

sip of

> liquid and bite of food, and consciously follow the food's

movements

> in your body as far as you can. Feel that the food and drink are

not

> only satisfying your hunger and thirst, but also generating health

in

> your body and mind. Wish the same enjoyment for all beings.

Appreciate

> and be thankful for the pleasure of every sip and bite you take.

> A number of Buddhist trainings treat food as the means of healing.

For

> example, imagine that blessing lights from the source of power

transform

> the food into healing nectar. Then enjoy it as a blessed substance

that

> grants you joy and strength.

> Or, as you enjoy the food, think: " This food is giving me strength

to

> enhance my own life and serve others. "

> Or think of the food as a pure and wonderful gift, and offer it to

the

> source of power. Visualize the source of power accepting the

offering

> with pleasure and blessing it for your benefit in return. Then

enjoy the

> food with awareness that it is blessed. This training combines

devotion

> with practices of generosity and pure perception.

> Or, with compassion for the innumerable beings who live in your

body in

> the form of bacteria, enjoy the food, knowing that it will sustain

them

> too.

> Or, with pure perception, visualize yourself in the form of a

deity, or

> even as an assembly of hundreds of deities. Enjoy the food as a

blessed

> offering, a skilful means of wisdom, that brings the realization of

> peace and bliss.

>

[Guest guest]

thankyou for this post

many blessings

namaste

kate

> >

> > Buddhist Guide for Healthy Eating

> > Adapted from The Power of Mind, by Tulku Thondup (Shambhala,

1996).

> >

> > SIMPLE SOLUTION:

> > It is important to enjoy good, healthy food and drink in moderate

> > quantity. Food should be consumed not in a vain attempt to fill

> > emotional desires but in accord with your actual physical needs.

> See the

> > food you eat as sustaining and nourishing, and enjoy it by being

> mindful

> > of every taste you take. Try to be aware of the process of each

> sip of

> > liquid and bite of food, and consciously follow the food's

> movements

> > in your body as far as you can. Feel that the food and drink are

> not

> > only satisfying your hunger and thirst, but also generating

health

> in

> > your body and mind. Wish the same enjoyment for all beings.

> Appreciate

> > and be thankful for the pleasure of every sip and bite you take.

> > A number of Buddhist trainings treat food as the means of

healing.

> For

> > example, imagine that blessing lights from the source of power

> transform

> > the food into healing nectar. Then enjoy it as a blessed

substance

> that

> > grants you joy and strength.

> > Or, as you enjoy the food, think: " This food is giving me

strength

> to

> > enhance my own life and serve others. "

> > Or think of the food as a pure and wonderful gift, and offer it

to

> the

> > source of power. Visualize the source of power accepting the

> offering

> > with pleasure and blessing it for your benefit in return. Then

> enjoy the

> > food with awareness that it is blessed. This training combines

> devotion

> > with practices of generosity and pure perception.

> > Or, with compassion for the innumerable beings who live in your

> body in

> > the form of bacteria, enjoy the food, knowing that it will

sustain

> them

> > too.

> > Or, with pure perception, visualize yourself in the form of a

> deity, or

> > even as an assembly of hundreds of deities. Enjoy the food as a

> blessed

> > offering, a skilful means of wisdom, that brings the realization

of

> > peace and bliss.

> >

>

[Guest guest]

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hotyoga65@...> wrote:

thankyou for this post

many blessings

namaste

kate

> >

> > Buddhist Guide for Healthy Eating

> > Adapted from The Power of Mind, by Tulku Thondup (Shambhala,

1996).

> >

> > SIMPLE SOLUTION:

> > It is important to enjoy good, healthy food and drink in moderate

> > quantity. Food should be consumed not in a vain attempt to fill

> > emotional desires but in accord with your actual physical needs.

> See the

> > food you eat as sustaining and nourishing, and enjoy it by being

> mindful

> > of every taste you take. Try to be aware of the process of each

> sip of

> > liquid and bite of food, and consciously follow the food's

> movements

> > in your body as far as you can. Feel that the food and drink are

> not

> > only satisfying your hunger and thirst, but also generating

health

> in

> > your body and mind. Wish the same enjoyment for all beings.

> Appreciate

> > and be thankful for the pleasure of every sip and bite you take.

> > A number of Buddhist trainings treat food as the means of

healing.

> For

> > example, imagine that blessing lights from the source of power

> transform

> > the food into healing nectar. Then enjoy it as a blessed

substance

> that

> > grants you joy and strength.

> > Or, as you enjoy the food, think: " This food is giving me

strength

> to

> > enhance my own life and serve others. "

> > Or think of the food as a pure and wonderful gift, and offer it

to

> the

> > source of power. Visualize the source of power accepting the

> offering

> > with pleasure and blessing it for your benefit in return. Then

> enjoy the

> > food with awareness that it is blessed. This training combines

> devotion

> > with practices of generosity and pure perception.

> > Or, with compassion for the innumerable beings who live in your

> body in

> > the form of bacteria, enjoy the food, knowing that it will

sustain

> them

> > too.

> > Or, with pure perception, visualize yourself in the form of a

> deity, or

> > even as an assembly of hundreds of deities. Enjoy the food as a

> blessed

> > offering, a skilful means of wisdom, that brings the realization

of

> > peace and bliss.

> >

>

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