What Shen Xing said was very reasonable, and I felt quite ashamed when I heard it.
Because in the past few years, I have wanted to become a vegetarian on the first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, but I couldn't stick to it every time. I forgot about it every two months, or just ignored it when I encountered something delicious.
What I still remember vividly is that one time it was the first day of junior high school. I originally told Ma Yunfeng that we were going to eat grilled fish, but when we were almost at the restaurant, I suddenly remembered that I was going to be vegetarian today, so I said, come on, let’s go eat noodles.
So I went to a Lanzhou Ramen restaurant. When the noodles were served, I remembered that these were beef noodles. Even if I don’t eat beef, the soup was beef soup!
Ma Yunfeng said to me, saying that you seem to be suffering from a serious illness. You won't eat the grilled fish, so you go here to eat beef noodles. That's it. It depends on whether you eat it this time.
I said that if you don’t eat it, it will be a waste if you come here, so pick out the beef and eat noodles!
Ma Yunfeng said that you are not a vegetarian, this is beef soup.
I said, please don't be so serious. Whoever makes beef soup for you now is just putting a few slices of beef in the soup for you. You can just pick it out and eat it.
As a result, the meal was tasteless and I didn't dare to drink the soup. I ate a few mouthfuls of noodles and left.
After returning home, Ma Yun laughed at me about this for a long time, saying that you should be a vegetarian and eat whatever you want. Can being a vegetarian increase your spiritual conduct?
I said, don’t tell me. Being vegetarian can indeed increase your Taoism. This is what Uncle Ma told me.
Because a vegetarian diet can make the body relaxed, comfortable, and pure. When the body is in a relatively pure state, the mind can easily be quiet and distracting thoughts will not arise, which is helpful for spiritual practice.
There is a saying that goes like this: If you don’t eat meat, you will get rid of the thoughts of killing; if you can get rid of the thoughts of killing, you will have a compassionate heart; if you can develop a loving heart, you will have peace; if you can bring peace, you will have no disasters. Therefore, in life, benevolence and longevity can all be expected from sages, the world will be pure, and peace and happiness will always be guaranteed.
First of all, eating vegetarian food can purify the heart, ensure the smooth flow of Qi meridians, and ensure the health of the body.
Because the smooth flow of energy channels has a huge factor in karma.
According to some metaphysical research, the energy emitted by a person can induce different magnetic field conditions.
There are many types of Qi, which can be roughly divided into two types: white and black, or clear and turbid, or good and evil.
Bad karma induces black energy, that is, turbid energy, which is the energy of karma and calamity.
Good deeds inspire white energy, that is, pure energy, which is the energy of wisdom.
The Qi channels are actually the storage place of karma, and bad karma is the reason why the Qi channels are not smooth.
The more good deeds there are, the smoother the energy channels will be. On the contrary, the more bad karma there is, the less smooth the Qi meridians will be.
Being vegetarian is to reduce the accumulation of these bad karma, because when animals are about to be slaughtered, panic, fear, and anger fill the body. If a person eats this meat, it is equivalent to eating these bad karma. in vivo.
The more you do good deeds, the more your good deeds will be stored in your Qi meridians, and the smoother your Qi meridians will be. Therefore, doing good deeds can purify your Qi meridians.
Being a vegetarian is actually a kind act of compassion for yourself and others, because being a vegetarian is an act of compassion for living beings, which can reduce harm to other lives, while also improving your own health and helping to cultivate a compassionate heart.
A compassionate heart and a happy mood are important rules for helping the Qi channels to flow smoothly.
As long as the heart is pure, the Qi channels will be unobstructed, and only with a pure body and mind can we feel the mysteries of the universe and withstand the integration of the energy of the universe, which will of course be helpful for spiritual practice.
So, being vegetarian can actually improve inner peace and meditation, help increase self-awareness, cleanse the body, purify the mind, and better focus on inner growth and spiritual pursuits.
If you don’t believe me, the aura and energy of those who are vegetarians all year round are completely different from those of people who often eat meat.
According to Buddhist teachings, many seeds of karma are hidden in the field of eight consciousnesses, especially the heaviest karma, which is the karma of killing, in which a lot of resentment and anger are gathered.
Being a vegetarian can stop the opportunity to create killing karma with all living beings. In this way, you no longer throw the seeds of bad karma into the field of eight consciousnesses, and can naturally gradually grow the seeds of pure and peaceful good karma.
Of course, even if you ask me to say that it’s okay, even if you ask me to become a vegetarian, I can’t do it.
Because Uncle Ma also told me that although being a vegetarian can make people have a compassionate heart, the most important thing is their own behavior. As the saying goes, meat and wine pass through the intestines, leaving them in the heart of the Buddha. This principle is the same in both Buddhism and Taoism. .
Therefore, no matter whether you are a vegetarian or not, you just need to keep your mind and mind upright. If you can do it, you can become a vegetarian. If you can't, there is no need to force yourself to become a vegetarian.
Buddhism says that you can eat meat with three kinds of pure meat. This is okay, but I once heard a story about a woman who learned Buddhism and knew that killing was not good, but she wanted to eat meat and liked to drink it. Fresh fish soup. She asked her husband to buy live fish, and she would eat it after he cooked it.
In fact, the sin of someone like her is greater than her own sin of killing. This is called hypocrisy. Moreover, she is inciting others to kill. She is the mastermind. She pretends to be a good person and lets others go to hell. This offence is even greater.
Therefore, if you are not determined enough, or the time and conditions are not yet ripe, then you don’t have to worry so much, just eat as fast as you can. When the opportunity comes, you will naturally not want to eat.
After chatting for a long time, we were still enjoying our meal of butchered vegetables, but Shen Xing was really awesome. He ate his sauerkraut stewed with potatoes throughout the whole process, and his sauerkraut was not picked out from the butchered vegetables, it was stewed separately. Potato!
Our mouths were full of oil, and Shen Xing also ate it deliciously. Li Daguo was very curious and asked what was so delicious about your pickled cabbage stewed with potatoes, and how delicious your whole piece of pork belly was.
Shen Xing smiled and said, come and try my pickled cabbage soup. It is fragrant and delicious. It is definitely more delicious than your pig-killing vegetables.
Li Daguo didn't believe it. He picked up the spoon and took a sip. Then his eyes lit up and he said, "It's true. Your pickled cabbage soup is so fresh and slightly sour. It tastes good!"
So, all of us went to grab Shen Xing's pickled cabbage soup again. Since we just ate a lot of butchered vegetables, we were a little too tired. Now when we drink this soup, it is simply delicious.
Soon, we had finished the pot of pickled cabbage soup and the big pot of rice. We ate so much that our bellies were full.
I couldn't help but sigh. I just ate the butchered vegetables for a long time, but I didn't expect that the final feeling of happiness and satisfaction came from the pickled cabbage soup.
Without further ado, we left Li Da’s country after dinner and waited for news about Lao Li’s temple construction.
This matter cannot be solved in a day or two, and of course I am not in a hurry, but Shen Xing went out after coming back, saying he was looking for money.
To be honest, at first I really thought he was going to go outside to apply the film, because it was the fastest way to make money. Although Shen Xing is better at catching ghosts, how could there be so many ghosts for him to catch?
On the afternoon of the first day, Shen Xing came back for a walk around three o'clock. Then he took out two thousand yuan from his pocket and said that this was the down payment and there were three thousand yuan left behind.
I was quite surprised. I said, "You don't go out to sell yourself, do you? How can you get back two thousand yuan after going out for half a day?"
Shen Xing gave me a kick and said, "Don't make trouble. Mr. Shen has always been a showman but not a person. In the past, a rich woman wanted to support me. I didn't even agree to five hundred thousand a year!"
I did some calculations and found out that if I say 500,000 yuan a year, the average cost is just over a thousand yuan a day, which is not that much...
