Saturday, January 26, 2008
To truly look into myself, I found myself a vegetarian. I haven't had meat, fish, and fetid vegetables (garlic, onions, leeks, and so forth) for two and a half years. Friends always ask me if I feel weak or run out of energy easily. Do I get sick very often? Do I still want them? No, not at all.
On the contrary, I feel great being a person who doesn't eat these kinds of food. I feel healthier throughout my body and mind, clearer in thinking, lighter in weight and my physical movements, stronger in soul. My empathy is growing as well.
I wonder why we as human being can live a better life, but most of us choose not to.
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A simple and interesting example Yugan told me long time ago is:
Dogs drool when they spot a rat scurrying across the road, humans do not. Will you?
I think it's nothing wrong with being a vegetarian. Don't ask somebody why he is a vegetarian, ask yourself why you aren't.
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Yugan's posts about the idea of Zen, 素/su vegetarian, 葷/proscribed vegetables, 腥/dead animals, and more:
http://talovich.blogspot.com/2008_01_01_archive.html#6598282302420759234
http://talovich.blogspot.com/2008_01_01_archive.html#7385824419838349487
# posted by Chao=Sabiy : 2:32 PM
