Practices
Practices
- Five Remembrances
- Five Mindfulness Trainings
- Shining a Light
- Primacy of Being
- Beginning Anew
- True Joy In Life
Contemplations Before Eating
This food is a gift of the earth, the sky, numerous living beings, and much hard and loving work.
May we eat with mindfulness and gratitude so as to be worthy to receive this food.
May we recognize and transform unwholesome mental formations, especially our greed and learn to eat with moderation.
May we keep our compassion alive by eating in such a way that reduces the suffering of living beings, stops contributing to climate change, and heals and preserves our precious planet.
We accept this food so that we may nurture our brotherhood and sisterhood, build our Sangha, and nourish our ideal of serving all living beings.
Background and Credits
This text is the Plum Village of the classic Zen contemplations before eating: https://plumvillage.org/articles/news/new-contemplations-before-eating/
Exercises (misc)
What is it obvious that I value
- May I interview you
- What is it obvious to you that I value?
- May I tell you what it is obvious that you value?
- What was that like?
- What I now see as available, or possible, or what new future it gives you?