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Master Jingkong: How do Buddhists deal with the wine and meat banquets in social engagements?

ask:In work and life, disciples often have to face wine and meat banquets, and are deeply distressed and unable to leave.Is it necessary to change the environment in order to achieve success in practice?

answer:There is no need for this. You can socialize together and find opportunities to educate others in social engagements. If you don’t eat meat, it’s good if you don’t eat it. There is not necessarily a single vegetarian dish in a banquet.If you don’t have a vegetarian dish, you can go to the kitchen to explain first, and make a vegetarian dish for you, and you just need to eat one dish, and there is no need to avoid it.If you drink wine, just use tea instead of wine. If they drink wine, the color of the tea is similar to that of wine, which is skillful and convenient.Then others saw that studying Buddhism is good, and you can socialize even when studying Buddhism. You can talk to him about Buddhism and tell him about the benefits of vegetarianism to his health.Lujiang Cultural Center has this course. You can listen to it more and learn it more, and you can take it out in such occasions.Vegetarianism is a health for the human body, because everyone values ​​their own health. You can teach them that in the future, half of the meat dishes and half of the vegetarian dishes can be used to gradually influence them. That's right, there is no need to retreat.(Master Jingkong: Answers from the 94th anniversary of Hong Kong students)

Question: The following question is, what will happen if you engage in seafood killing?How should newcomers to stop engaging in this kind of industry?

Answer: It is not good if you just observe this result carefully.I live in Hong Kong. Many people in Hong Kong know that their descendants are like chickens, like beasts, and the present life and the world are full of rewards.You just think of killing sentient beings. How heavy is this killing karma?If you owe your life, how much life will you pay in the future?Pay back the debt.No matter how poor we live, we should not work in this industry.Fortunately, vegetarian food in Hong Kong is also very popular. There are vegetarian restaurants on almost every street, so vegetarian food is very convenient in Hong Kong.It is better to do vegetarian food when doing the catering industry, which is to encourage people to eat vegetarian food and to create less killing karma.If vegetarian food is delicious, everyone will be happy.(Source Same as above)

Question: He also has another question. When he gets along with his classmates, he often argues about eating meat and drinking. They ridiculed me for promoting superstition. If he doesn’t explain it well, they will slander them and slander Buddha. Please give me the old master a lesson.

Answer: Don’t talk about these people, don’t persuade them.He lets him eat meat, and he slanders the Buddha, and he will slander him. He will naturally not say anything when he says he is tired.You must know how to observe the situation, say what you can accept, and don’t say a word that you can’t accept, so as not to ridicule or slander it. These are all karma. Don’t let him commit this evil karma just because of me.Therefore, where the Bodhisattva is, it makes all sentient beings feel happy. This is true.Now all sentient beings have created karma. Do Buddhas and Bodhisattvas have any troubles?Don't worry.Why don’t Buddhas and Bodhisattvas come?When they come, sentient beings will create slander and ridicule, and the karma of sentient beings will be even heavier.So he comes with compassion, but he doesn’t come with compassion or great compassion. We need to understand this and learn it.If we meet these people, we don’t believe them at all and cannot persuade them, we should get closer.Seeing these people nodding to him, saying hello, and leaving immediately, that's right.Don't discuss these issues with others, he can't accept it.If you practice it well for a few years, it will be different afterwards.

I have this experience in studying Buddhism. When I first learned Buddhism, none of my classmates, teachers, officials and friends said that I was superstitious.How could a young man become so confused?I quit my job and became a monk, but I had no future.I didn't say a word, I just smiled, I was very polite to them.After ten or twenty years, they all got old and retired. When they saw me, they said you were on the right path.It was then that he knew that I was on the right path, why?They have retired, I have not;They all live in nursing homes, and I still work, it's different.So over time, he understood, why bother to argue with him at that time?After arguing, everyone was unhappy and embarrassed.So there is no need to fight, let’s talk about it after ten or twenty years.

2024-02-05 18:04
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