In order to support the meditation techniques in such a world where desires have rapidly manifested compared to Buddha’s time – there should be methods to suppress desires – for instance: vegetarianism. Vegetarianism can be regarded as a ‘catalyst’ for the meditative ‘fruit-reactions’ to arise quicker and carried out mire thoroughly. Humans cannot develop love when they can still eat a chicken’s leg, a fish’ a lobster’s flesh or a pig’s heart. Which are living being like us. When people keep on eating more and more animals, the distance between animals and human life becomes indistinguishable – soon there be a day when humans eat each other?
We can only succeed in meditating if we know how to avoid killing. Eating living beings will slow down the result of meditation for the modern humans, thus easily cause them to give up. As for us the Buddhists, we all know that meditation can only bear fruits when we protect the precepts, but when we eat animals, we not only kill living beings, but also steal from them, since they do not want to give us their life, and they always scream in pain when we take their life away. We use others’ things without permission, thus we break the vow not to steal. (Source: The teachings from the Most Venerable Thich Tri Tinh, First Deputy president of Vietnam Buddhist Sangha Association)
Overall, Buddhist meditation will help humans develop both consciousness and health:
- If the world always thing highly of scientific development and technology that creates valuable products – meditation is the highest technological process for human development because it develops the human mind [consciousness & knowledge], and creates loving-kindness within humanity
- If humans always think there is lots of delicious food in this world, meditation is the most wonderful food since meditation brings the purest source of energy to the body.
- If the world needs different pills to treat different kinds of diseases, meditation is a mastery pill for all ills.
- If everybody needs a safe and happy home, meditation is the warmest haven.
- If the leaders of a company, a governmental ministry or a country want to benefit their employees or citizens, meditation brings the most benefit.
In short, meditation is far beyond what this world has. Only with meditation will humans live peacefully and full if happiness and no more sorrows, which is actually a heaven in Earth.
Since our time is limited, we expect there will be more thorough analyses about Buddhist meditation and human development, as well as the problems as keeping Buddhist vows to support the process of meditation, applied meditation on the change in consciousness and curing illnesses. After this conference, we hope that the direct and indirect killing of living beings should be discouraged in order to awaken and develop Bodhi heart. We also hope that there will be globally applied programs such as a world’s meditation day, Buddhist vegetarianism days or months to nourish our love for living beings….
We appreciate and sincerely thank the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha for allowing us to attend this conference.
We appreciate and sincerely thank The Most Venerable Thich Tri Tinh who taught us to about reciting the Buddha’s names, meditation techniques, and about developing loving-kindness for living beings – helping us to create this speech.
We appreciate and sincerely thank the Conference Committee for organizing this conference and for the opportunity to express our opinions.
Best wishes to all the members and hope the Conference success.
In order to support the meditation techniques in such a world where desires have rapidly manifested compared to Buddha’s time – there should be methods to suppress desires – for instance: vegetarianism. Vegetarianism can be regarded as a ‘catalyst’ for the meditative ‘fruit-reactions’ to arise quicker and carried out mire thoroughly. Humans cannot develop love when they can still eat a chicken’s leg, a fish’ a lobster’s flesh or a pig’s heart. Which are living being like us. When people keep on eating more and more animals, the distance between animals and human life becomes indistinguishable – soon there be a day when humans eat each other? We can only succeed in meditating if we know how to avoid killing. Eating living beings will slow down the result of meditation for the modern humans, thus easily cause them to give up. As for us the Buddhists, we all know that meditation can only bear fruits when we protect the precepts, but when we eat animals, we not only kill living beings, but also steal from them, since they do not want to give us their life, and they always scream in pain when we take their life away. We use others’ things without permission, thus we break the vow not to steal. (Source: The teachings from the Most Venerable Thich Tri Tinh, First Deputy president of Vietnam Buddhist Sangha Association) Overall, Buddhist meditation will help humans develop both consciousness and health:- If the world always thing highly of scientific development and technology that creates valuable products – meditation is the highest technological process for human development because it develops the human mind [consciousness & knowledge], and creates loving-kindness within humanity - If humans always think there is lots of delicious food in this world, meditation is the most wonderful food since meditation brings the purest source of energy to the body.- If the world needs different pills to treat different kinds of diseases, meditation is a mastery pill for all ills.- If everybody needs a safe and happy home, meditation is the warmest haven.- If the leaders of a company, a governmental ministry or a country want to benefit their employees or citizens, meditation brings the most benefit. In short, meditation is far beyond what this world has. Only with meditation will humans live peacefully and full if happiness and no more sorrows, which is actually a heaven in Earth. Since our time is limited, we expect there will be more thorough analyses about Buddhist meditation and human development, as well as the problems as keeping Buddhist vows to support the process of meditation, applied meditation on the change in consciousness and curing illnesses. After this conference, we hope that the direct and indirect killing of living beings should be discouraged in order to awaken and develop Bodhi heart. We also hope that there will be globally applied programs such as a world’s meditation day, Buddhist vegetarianism days or months to nourish our love for living beings….We appreciate and sincerely thank the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha for allowing us to attend this conference. We appreciate and sincerely thank The Most Venerable Thich Tri Tinh who taught us to about reciting the Buddha’s names, meditation techniques, and about developing loving-kindness for living beings – helping us to create this speech. We appreciate and sincerely thank the Conference Committee for organizing this conference and for the opportunity to express our opinions.Best wishes to all the members and hope the Conference success.
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