Food for Awakening (2016)
A commentary on the five contemplations before meals from the Chinese Buddhist tradition and other meal-related prayers that are recited daily at Sravasti Abbey.
The merit of offering food and drink
Venerable Thubten Chodron A continuing teaching on dedications that we make for all those who have offered us food and drink.
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The emptiness of giving
How to contemplate depending arising and emptiness while making offerings.
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Dedicating for the benefit of all
The completion of the commentary on the verses after lunch, pointing out all the beings for whom we make dedications.
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Working with attachment to food
Ways to work with attachment to food with a balanced mind.
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Buddhist precepts regarding food
The Buddhist perspective on fasting and how practitioners keep Buddhist precepts related to food.
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The heart connection between monastics and layp...
The verses for laypeople who offer food to nourish the sangha, and the sangha which in turn nourishes the laypeople with teachings.
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