What Really Matters!
Feb 11, 2011 | Views: 300
It’s easy to get caught up with a lot of complicated terminology in books about religion – but somehow we (sadly) forget to realize that what we have for lunch and dinner really matters!
~Jared Hughes
(Jared commented on one of my facebook posts on Vegetarianism..and it was so powerful, I had to blog it…)
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A short powerful comment on what is true spirituality! Thank you Rinpoche for sharing this quote.Yes, I agree that we should go behind the words and terms and go to the essence of it all. All religions advocate “No Killing”. In Buddhism, we see all beings who have feelings as sentient beings. So killing is destroying the life of any being. Meat is the product of killing of animals and hence meat-eating should be abandoned.
Yes, it matters what we eat for our meals.
Very short comment yet very powerful words which will definitely reminds us what we are mindful of what we are eating for our meals.We are to look deeply into our mind and recognize what really matters….what is important.
These profound comtemplation,fuels our vibrant with excitement and self awareness and motivates us to change our life in a significant way.
Thank you Rinpoche for sharing
For me, it’s like hinting us to practice what we’ve read.
His words are very straight forward though I had to read it a few times to get what it really means. People often focus on the things that are not so important and forget about things that need to be done, the focus is placed on the wrong/unimportant points. Thank You for sharing Rinpoche.
I think that that is now my new favourite sentence. Its so true what Jared Hughes has said. I am so going to share this with my friends and family. All i can say to this is that these are very strong and powerful words.
When i first read it, i was a bit confused on what the message was meant to be, but then when i read it for the second time. It really just hit me what the message was meant to be. I was so amazed by this. I hope that many more people come to this page and see these words and hopefully they would have a change of heart about eating meat.
Thank you for sharing Rinpoche. What Jared said is very inspiring. In fact our 3 meals in a day really matters because we don’t kill all the time, but when it comes to meal time, we ‘kill’. We eat fish, pork and chicken and etc, this is when we kill. And because of this animals have to die. When we enjoy the meat with our loved ones, we sacrifice other’s wife, husband, siblings, partners’s life. This is why what we have for lunch and dinner (including breakfast) really matters! Never be cold-hearted and ignore others pain.
I like this statement by Jared.
I am still learning dharma and frankly speaking there are still some attachments within myself that I felt hard to let go. Still, I count myself fortunate for I have this opportunity to come across dharma and I believe in it and its value.
Many people do not have the chance to meet dharma. And some are given the chance to know dharma but do not believe in it.
I appreciate the teachings of Buddha which patiently tell us how we should actually lead our lives. Book such as lamrim is truly valuable. However, as what Jared says, what matters more is about our own actions. Because if we don’t exercise our knowledge, it is as good as something that stays in our minds that does not get to affect changes in anyway.
It is true what really matters most we are not aware sometimes. That is why practicing Dharma and reading Dharma books can help us to realize what matters. It is our health and our way of life. If we do not have good health we cannot do many things. Thinking the right things to do also helps us to differentiate what really matters or not. In the Spiritual world what really matters is how we live our life. Very important we must live it with Compassion. In Buddhism what really matters is what our next life will be. Then cause and effect is the main thing we should concentrate and analyze what really matters.