ANyone go to Pu Le Um at still road
i think Pu le Um is not an open centre ,it is a place of the buddhist nun residential place
am i rite? janhan ?
If u really want one good place for vegetarian, i do have one to recommend. Their food is very good and cheap, called Yang Sheng Vegetarian Hub at 532 Macpherson Rd.
tot i post this here (from henry).
to summarize everything, Sakya Pandita, who is a vegetarian, wrote these following verses in "A Clear Differentiation of the Three Codes" (sDom gsum rab dbye):
"Disciples may partake of meat that is pure
in three ways; to refuse it would be
one of Devadatta's austerities.
In the Great Vehicle,
meat is forbidden; meat-eating, it is taught,
causes rebirth in lower destinies.
Similarly, certain differences in what is allowed
and not allowed exist among the violations
against the codes of the Great-Vehicle Perfections and Mantra traditions.
How could invariant sanctions and bans be reckoned
for such radically divergent systems?
It is wrong, therefore, to apply
one-sidedly schemata of
invariant prohibition and allowance.
There is, for instance, always a need
for muck and mud in growing lotuses.
They thrive by being surrounded by rushes
and the like. Other flowers have no need of these.
For aquatic plants, arid soil is adverse,
and wetness is hostile to dry-land plants.
Tropical flora will not grow to maturity in cold regions,
not are warm lands suitable for plants that need cold.
Therefore, whatever the task may be,
it will end in success if performed
in accord with its own system.
But if done in some contrary way,
it will not be successful,
or even if it does succeed,
it is hard for it to turn out well.
Similarly, all permissions and prohibitions
will be successfully achieved
if observed according to their respective systems."
whether compassion and lovingkiness alone are sufficient for the path of enlightenment? Sakya Pandita wrote this in the same text:
"The Sage has taught that unskilled love
and compassion also become causes
of rebirth in unhappy destinies;
it was with skilful compassion in mind
that He called compassion a virtue."
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