by Anura Guruge
on November 11, 2022
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MODERATION. MODERATION. MODERATION.
Moderation was Buddha’s byword. He advocated moderation in everything — the Middle Path. Overeating was one of the indulgences that he often railed against.
So, forget everything else. Do you think the Buddha would eat 9 Donuts in one go. Remember, he was the Buddha, NOT Donald J. Trump.
This is so INSULTING.
Insulting to the Buddha, insulting to Buddhism & insulting to the Buddhist who know something about Buddhism.
I am not even going to harp on about the ignorance of making food offerings to a person who made it extremely clear that he will cease to be — cease to exist — in any form — after his death. I have already done multiple posts on that — quite recently too. See here & here.
This post is about stupid, mindless EXCESS.
What we see in this picture is VANITY. Pride. The need to show-off. Extravagance. A love of food, i.e., gluttony. ALL things that the Buddha was AGAINST.
Ironically, a few minutes earlier I had see this post also on Facebook. This one made me VERY HAPPY (& humble).
The Buddha would have been so happy with that. That is all so much in line with HIS teachings.
This post talks about 100 hungry kids. In a country of 22 million (& yes, they can’t keep it in their pants either), undergoing severe economic hardship, there has to be tens of thousands of kids going HUNGRY.
Don’t make stupid food offerings to an image of the Buddha. Use that money to feed hungry kids. Jesus!
