Buddhism and the longevity of emperor vegetarian

Gao Feng China's urban economic and cultural research association

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        Although vegetarian is the traditional characteristic of Chinese Buddhism, but the choice was not could usefully, but based on mahayana teacher. Buddhism spread to China, when the cry in the western han dynasty emperor to come to China at the time of the Indian monk did not strictly vegetarian, han to nature also vegetarian no wind. Until emperor wudi period of xiao yan, after he vigorously advocated, vegetarian became monks must follow the code of conduct.

        Emperor wudi was a pious buddhist believers, not only his buddhist dharma, live the life of a buddhist and vegetarian meat, wine broken off the bedroom, abide by the buddhist precepts, and advocates buddhist vegetarian.

        Emperor wudi, found that in the process of studying classical mahayana sutras specifically, buddhist shall be in addition to the meat cut off. Emperor wudi according to these mahayana via wrote off wine meat to the law, exhort, don't drinking four the disciple carnivorous, and has become the must be destroyed wine meat: "if the meat-eaters, disabled bodhicitta, bodhisattva method, without the four boundless minds, no mercy. With karma, the Buddha does not continue." Think wine is "evil", the wine is the "magic", a non-vegetarian food is "all the disease cause. Long-term vegetarian food, RongWei circulation, fever, body strength is enough, that vegetables such as vegetarian not cold, and has tonic effect. Eat vegetarian food, the body strong, the mind relaxed, there is very little uncomfortable feeling.

        Emperor wudi vegetarian determination is very big, because the emperor wudi of the advocates, Buddhism began to form a vegetarian tradition, and continues today.

        Like liang xiao yan emperor wudi, the qing emperor kangxi XuanYe and emperor qianlong hong li is more devout buddhists, also has a habit of vegetarian.

        Kangxi emperor queen by my grandmother too sourdrang queen, the influence of Buddhism. At the same time, he has accomplished in medicine, his diet conception, to today, still can give a person with enlightenment. Kangxi very stressed the role of diet to health, against arbitrary, advocate reasonable diet. First section is diet. He said: "the knowledge, especially in the diet for the essence, I since imperial pole, who supplied all delicious food, unusual taste". He stressed that enough is enough. Second is food and drink. It is prudent for food, the food quality requirements. Emphasizes the impurities to exclude the diet, especially water. He thinks that "diet content, water as the most". He gong to around water and circuit in the external use of water, has its own manufacturing method and standard, and with the water, and go down in history. Then there is to eat whole grains and fruits and vegetables. He argued that the old diet should be light, eat more vegetables and fruits is good for body. He is old but still strong, he says, it is for this reason. There is a non-smoking wine.

        Kangxi has a very good life habit, the present board, consciously maintain the good point of view, only speak happy matter, only say KaiXinHua, or enjoy their favorite antique calligraphy and painting, he thinks that it helps digestion. After dining and said, "I will say good, or rarities vessels specially in love, it is more easy to disappear, and great beneficial to also".

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